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Soon after their marriage Elizabeth began to modernise Ham House, which she had inherited from her father, the 1st Earl of Dysart.  It was highly praised by the diarist John Evelyn, who in 1678 described the house as 'furnished like a Great Prince's'. After the Duke's death in 1682, the Duchess fell deeply into debt and died at Ham in 1698.\r\n\r\nThis silver-gilt medal is made by the engraver and medallist John Roettiers (1631-1703), who was the son of Philip Roettiers (1596-1669), a goldsmith and medallist in Antwerp.\r\n\r\nCharles II invited the Roettiers brothers John, Joseph and subsequently their third brother Philip to work for the British Royal Mint, where they produced many important medals.","physicalDescription":"Medal depicts on the obverse: the bust of John Maitland, first duke of Lauderdale (1616-1682), wearing amour and mantle. On the reverse: Minerva seated to the right, leaning upon a shield, decorated with armorial bearings of the Duke, whose helmet and crest she holds in her left hand; behind her a mountain. Above is the motto CONSILIO ET ANIMIS; in the exergue are the date 1672 and the signature John Roti F.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Roettiers, John","id":"A24241"},"association":{"text":"medallist","id":"AAT25337"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[{"text":"gilding","id":"AAT53789"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silver-gilt","categories":[{"text":"Coins & Medals","id":"THES48974"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"017","id":"THES395532"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Medal","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1672","earliest":"1672-01-01","latest":"1672-12-31"},"association":{"text":"dated","id":"AAT54714"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Gift of an anonymous donor through Art Fund","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"3.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'CONSILIO ET ANIMIS'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"reverse"}],"objectHistory":"Given anonymously through the National Art Collections Fund.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Medal, silver-gilt, depicting John Maitland, by John Roettiers, England, 1672","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in the Years 1905 - 1908. <u>In</u>: <u>List of Works of Art Acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum, During the Year 1906, Arranged According to the Dates of  Acquisition with Appendix and Indices</u>. London: Printed for His Majesty's Stationery Office, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, Limited, 1909, p. 121"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Maitland, John (1st Duke of Lauderdale)","id":"N2259"},{"text":"Minerva","id":"N23"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"bust","id":"AAT47457"},{"text":"armour","id":"AAT36745"},{"text":"mantle","id":"AAT212298"},{"text":"shield","id":"x42653"},{"text":"helmet","id":"AAT36794"},{"text":"crest","id":"AAT233389"},{"text":"mountain","id":"AAT8795"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["658-1906"],"accessionNumberNum":"658","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1906,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-09","recordCreationDate":"2009-01-09","availableToBook":true}}