Description: John Howard -- Prison Reform -- Kherson -- Ukraine -- 1990 -- Tribute Medallion Diameter -- 2.3 inches approx. Obverse -- Bust of John Howard. Reverse -- A snake biting its own tail. A sundial. TO JOHN HOWARD FROM GRATEFUL CITIZENS OF KHERSON MDCCXXVI MDCCXC Condition -- Good. Some verdigris. Background -- John Howard FRS (2 September 1726 – 20 January 1790) was a philanthropist and early English prison reformer. Whilst at Kherson, Howard contracted typhus on a prison visit and died, aged sixty-three. There is a monument to John Howard in Kherson which includes a sun dial. This is connected to his last words “Lay me quietly in the earth, place a sun-dial over my grave, and let me be forgotten.”
Price: 24.99 GBP
Location: Telford, Shropshire
End Time: 2025-01-02T13:37:16.000Z
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Composition: Bronze
Region: European
Period: 20th Century
