BARBER, CHARLES E. (Amer.). Sixth Engraver to the United States Mint at Philadelphia. He was a son of William Barber, and was born in London, in 1840. "He was appointed an assistant in 1869 and became the official head by promotion in 1880, to fill the vacancy caused by his father's death. The appointment was not unmerited. Mr. Barber's five-cent piece is a successful venture in very low relief. His handiwork is more or less visible in all the principal medals executed since 1869. Since his appointment, as Chief-engraver, the work of his Department has been enormously increased by the number of medal-dies demanded for the War Department and from other Government sources. Mr. Barber's best work is seen in the medals of Presidents Garfield and Arthur, Indian Peace, Army Markmanship, and Great Seal. He is particularly happy in " catching a likeness". The head of Superintendent Snowden is a rare specimen of medallic portraiture. " He engraved for the Government of the United States the Metis, and John Horn medals. " By Barber are also : Portrait-medal of Dr Henry Richard Linderman (1825-1879), of Philadelphia. U. S. Assay Medal (signed : BARBER); — International Medical Congress at Washington, 1887 (signed : C. E. BARBER) ; — Medal of the International Exhibition, Chicago, 1893 (modelled by St. Gaudens), &c. Bibliography. — Evans, Illustrated History of the United Slates Mint, 1892.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
ARONDEAUX, R.
ARONDEAUX, R. (Dutch). A Flemish Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century, resided chiefly in the Netherlands, at Davenport and other places. His family had settled in the United Provinces in consequence of the religious persecutions of Philip II. ; a certain Isaac Arondeaux came from Ghent to Hulst in Flanders, where he filled the position of town clerk from 1591 to 1594; his descendants resided at Flushing, Leyden, &c. R. Arondeaux worked between 1678 and...
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ARONDEAUX, R. (Dutch). A Flemish Medallist of the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century, resided chiefly in the Netherlands, at Davenport and other places. His family had settled in the United Provinces in consequence of the religious persecutions of Philip II. ; a certain Isaac Arondeaux came from Ghent to Hulst in Flanders, where he filled the position of town clerk from 1591 to 1594; his descendants resided at Flushing, Leyden, &c. R. Arondeaux worked between 1678 and...
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ARRABAL, P. G.
ARRABAL, P. G. (Span.). Die-sinker and Medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century. His signature ARRABAL, or ARBL. F. or also P. G. A. appears on medals of Ferdinand VII., of Buenos-Ayres, 1808, and Guatemala. He seems to have been employed by the Spanish government to engrave colonial coins. By him are also a medallion of Ferd. VII., 1808, and a medal on the Reconquest of Santiago de Chile, 1814. Bibliography. — A. Rosa, Juras v Proclamaciones de Reyes en la America Espa?ola, Buenos ...
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ARRABAL, P. G. (Span.). Die-sinker and Medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century. His signature ARRABAL, or ARBL. F. or also P. G. A. appears on medals of Ferdinand VII., of Buenos-Ayres, 1808, and Guatemala. He seems to have been employed by the Spanish government to engrave colonial coins. By him are also a medallion of Ferd. VII., 1808, and a medal on the Reconquest of Santiago de Chile, 1814. Bibliography. — A. Rosa, Juras v Proclamaciones de Reyes en la America Espa?ola, Buenos ...
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ASPASIOS
ASPASIOS (Greek). An intaglio in the Vienna Museum, signed by this artist, reproduces the bust of the Athena Parthenos of Pheidias. From this beautiful copy, the famous statue of the great master can be reconstituted ; it has preserved to us faithfully the features of that goddess, as Pheidias conceived them. The only two other gems that may be attributed with any certainty to this skilful engraver are a Hermes of Dionysos Pogon, in the Brit. Museum, and a fragment, in the Florence Museum, showi...
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ASPASIOS (Greek). An intaglio in the Vienna Museum, signed by this artist, reproduces the bust of the Athena Parthenos of Pheidias. From this beautiful copy, the famous statue of the great master can be reconstituted ; it has preserved to us faithfully the features of that goddess, as Pheidias conceived them. The only two other gems that may be attributed with any certainty to this skilful engraver are a Hermes of Dionysos Pogon, in the Brit. Museum, and a fragment, in the Florence Museum, showi...
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ASTOR, J. DIEGO DE
ASTOR, J. DIEGO DE (Spanish). Medallist and Engraver on copper who worked in Spain during the early portion of the seventeenth century. He was born at Toledo, and learnt drawing under the celebrated painter Dom. Theotocopuli, surnamed El Greco. In 1609 Philippe III. gave Astor an appointment at the Segovia Mint, a post which was continued to his son by Philip IV. in 1633. Three years later, in 1636, he was called to Madrid to engrave the Royal seals. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart and W. Schmidt. N...
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ASTOR, J. DIEGO DE (Spanish). Medallist and Engraver on copper who worked in Spain during the early portion of the seventeenth century. He was born at Toledo, and learnt drawing under the celebrated painter Dom. Theotocopuli, surnamed El Greco. In 1609 Philippe III. gave Astor an appointment at the Segovia Mint, a post which was continued to his son by Philip IV. in 1633. Three years later, in 1636, he was called to Madrid to engrave the Royal seals. Bibliography. — A. Pinchart and W. Schmidt. N...
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