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The Lord Stanley Gold Medal, 1890 (front)

Colour photograph of the Lord Stanley Gold Medal awarded to Maude Abbott in 1888, front face. The medal is gold in colour and shows, in the centre, the jugate portraits of Lord Stanley of Preston and his wife, Lady Stanley of Preston. Around their portraits circles the inscription “Lady Stanley of Preston 1888 Lord Stanley of Preston G.C.B. Gov. Gen. Of Canada”.

The Lord Stanley Gold Medal awarded to Maude Abbott in 1890 for academic achievement, particularly in Greek, when she graduated from McGill University’s Faculty of Arts. The prestigious gold medal rests on a base of granite from Mont Johnson (Mont Saint-Grégoire). The front of the medal shows the overlapping profiles of the Earl of Derby, 1st Baron Stanley of Preston (1841-1908) and his wife, Constance, Countess of Derby, née Villiers; the back features the coat of arms of the Earl of Derby.