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Medal of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1880. 'The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which was founded in 1824, and has its offices at 105, Jermyn- street, with an annual income of £8000, is well known by repute to all our readers. We present an Illustration of the design for its new Medal, which will be considered appropriate and significant of its proper objects. The obverse side displays a seated figure of her Majesty the Queen, in the act of bestowing a caress of her protecting hand upon a faithful dog, which has lain down on the skirt of her robe. The reverse side is sculptured with representations of various domestic animals, the horse, the ass, the cow, the sheep, goat, and pig, the dog and cat, the barndoor fowl and other birds, and even the monkey, all which are defended against cruelty by the agency of this benevolent society'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.