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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 516

Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, the Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion, the award itself being a Wedgewood profile of James Stuart, 109mm x 80mm, together with a plaque, this engraved 'Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain, Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion, 1966, Awarded to Nikolaus Pevsner, For His 'Buildings of England' Series', good very fine, housed within its fitted Fattorini case of issue

This award was established in 1959. Quoting the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain website:

'The Alice Davis Hitchcock award is given annually to the author of a literary work which, in the opinion of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain award committee, provides an outstanding contribution to the study or knowledge of architectural history. The work must be by a British author (or authors), or deal with an aspect of the architectural history of the British Isles or the Commonwealth, and have been published within the past two years. The winner of each year’s award is announced at the Annual Lecture and Awards Ceremony.'

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