page_title: Taylor Combe
hierarchical_section_title: Taylor Combe
caption_attribution_description: English: Commemorative medals. British Historical Medals. Taylor Combe, Numismatist and Archaeologist, Bronze Medal, 1826, by William Joseph Taylor, bust of Taylor Combe to left, rev inscription in wreath, 45mm (BHM 1258; E 1184; English Personal Medals 1890, 6 9). Taylor Combe (1774-1826) was keeper of Coins and Antiquities at the British Museum, long before the two departments were split into separate entities. Taylor based the portrait of Combe on one modelled by Benedetto Pistrucci, and the medal is signed by both artists.
context_page_description: Taylor Combe FRS was an English numismatist and archæologist.
context_section_description: Taylor Combe  FRS (1774 – 7 July 1826) was an English numismatist and archæologist.
caption: A commemorative medal of Taylor Combe from 1826
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