Description:This medal was produced by Matthew Robinson Boulton to commemorate his father.
The obverse shows Boulton based on a wax portrait by Peter Rouw. Below this there are two cherubs with a model or drawing of the Soho Manufactory.
The wording on the reverse is from the memorial to Boulton in St Mary's Church. It reads
BY THE SKILFUL
EXERTION OF A MIND TUR-
NED TO PHILOSOPHY & ME-
CHANICS, THE APPLICATION OF
A TASTE CORRECT & REFINED, &
AN ARDENT SPIRIT OF ENTERPRISE,
HE IMPROVED, EMBELISHED, & EXTEN-
DED THE ARTS & MANUFACTURERS OF
HIS COUNTRY; LEAVING HIS ESTABLISH-
MENT OF SOHO A NOBLE MONUMENT OF
HIS GENIUS, INDUSTRY AND SUCCESS .
THE CHARACTER HIS TALENTS HAD RAI-
SED, HIS VIRTUES ADORNED & EXALTED .
ACTIVE TO DISCOVER MERIT, & PROMPT
TO RELIEVE DISTRESS . HIS ENCOU-
RAGEMENT WAS LIBERAL, HIS BENE-
VOLENCE UNWEARIED . HONOURED
& ADMIRED AT HOME & ABROAD .
HE CLOSED A LIFE EMINENTLY
USEFUL . THE 17TH AUGUST
1809 AGED 81 .
ESTEEMED, LOVED & LAMENTED.