World Medals: Adams, George Gammon (British, 1821-1898); b. Staines ENGLAND, William Etty, 1872, a bronze medal by G.G. Adams for the Art Union of London, bust left, rev. Venus and Cupid descending from the heavens, clouds behind, edge plain, 57mm, 90.06g (Beaulah 20; BHM 2938; BM Acq. 1983-7, pl. 70, 2; BDM I, 24; E 1621; cf. BSJ 52, 118; cf. Noonans 343, 107; cf. Silich III, 892). Brilliant, virtually as struck £150-£200 William Etty (1787-1849), artist, b. York, the first significant British painter of nudes; the reverse of the medal derives from Etty’s Venus and Cupid Descending, painted c. 1825-35 and acquired by York Art Gallery in 1911