THE PRIZE DIPLOMA OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES, LONDON, 1908.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLI, Issue 6, 5 August 1908, Page 46

THE PRIZE DIPLOMA OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES, LONDON, 1908.

This diploma, designed by Mr. Bernard Partridge and exhibited in the Royal-Academy, is given to all winners of the gold medal presented to victors in the twenty-one various sports (including about 120 different' 'events) of the Olympic games completed last week. A smaller size of the same design is also presented to the club or association of which the winner is a member, and to competitors who gain second or- third places in the various events: The central figure represents Victory offering a crown, with Hellas and Britannia at her side. At the spectator’s right, in one corner, sits a competitor resting after his race, typifying the athletic purposes of these games; and in lhe other corner of the foreground- is a figure representing international. Concord, the chief result- which, it- is hoped, will flow from meetings like the present. The design is completed by various figures of athletes, on eatft side'; grouped in a classic temple which looks out over a landscape in the latckgrofind.."* ' . . : j < Only the essential outlines of Mr. Partridge’s beautiful and complicated picture are reproduced here, as drawn tow the “Daily Telegraph.” , , •