The Oratory
1726
British Museum M.8232
Bronze medal with a portrait of John Henley on the obverse side, inscribed "INVENIAM VIAM AVT FACIAM. I.H" (I will find a way or make one. John Henley). On the reverse, a representation of Joshua commanding the sun to stand still, inscirbed "THE ORATORY 1726. STA SOL. (Sun, stand still). FOR." The medal was an admission ticket to the Oratory, Henley's chapel on the top floor of the Market house in Newport Market, a butcher's market in Lincoln's Inn Fields.
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