Printed folio handbill headed 'Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Adelphi, May 27, 1817. The Rewards adjudged by the Society will be presented this day [...] in the following order.'

Folio, 1 p. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper. The heading states that the presentation will take place 'at Free Masons' Hall, Great Queen Street, to the respective Candidates by His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, President, in the following order.' The text, laid out in double column, lists a total of sixty-four successful candidates, numbered under five headings: Agriculture, Chemistry, Polite Arts, Manufactures, Mechanics. Number 3 in the Agriculture section is 'To the Earl of Jersey, for embanking 300 Acres of Land, on the Gnoll and Britton Ferry Marshes, the Silver Isis Medal.' Addresses are generally given, so no 5 in Polite Arts, 'To Miss Emma Eleonora Kendrick, Upper Mary-le-bone Street, for an original historical miniature, the Gold Isis Medal.' Sixteen women feature in the Polite Arts section, and in no other.