BIRCH, CHARLES BELL (Brit.) 1832-1896. A.R. A. had a German training, and introduced a new picturesque element in his " Wood nymph", "Retaliation", " The last Call", and the "Memorial to Lieut. Hamilton, V. C, dying before Kabul"; but neither the vigour nor the individuality of his work influenced his contemporaries to any extent, doubtless on account of the German aspect in it, the outcome of his training" (Encycl. Brit., XXXII, p. 472). He submitted a number of designs for the proposed new coinage of 1893. These pattern pieces are illustrated below; none were adopted; those of T. Brock R.A. and Sir E. J. Poynter P.R.A. having met with the approval of H. M. Queen Victoria and the Royal Commission appointed to select the best designs of the competing artists. Bibliography. — Lewis F. Day, The Coins of the Realm, Magazine of Art, 1895, and Numismatic Circular, March 1898, col. 2619 sqq.
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
BELTRAMI, GIOVANNI
BELTRAMI, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Gem-engraver, born at Cremona in 1777, where he died in April 1854. He studied under the painter Giacomo Guerrini. His father was a jeweller, and it was for him that he first began cutting stones. Thanks to an uncommon gift in that particular branch, his fame soon spread, and orders came to him from various parts. In 1815 he cut a cameo for the Empress of Austria bearing a portrait of her father, the King of Bavaria, and ten years later another with a bust of her cons...
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BELTRAMI, GIOVANNI (Ital.). Gem-engraver, born at Cremona in 1777, where he died in April 1854. He studied under the painter Giacomo Guerrini. His father was a jeweller, and it was for him that he first began cutting stones. Thanks to an uncommon gift in that particular branch, his fame soon spread, and orders came to him from various parts. In 1815 he cut a cameo for the Empress of Austria bearing a portrait of her father, the King of Bavaria, and ten years later another with a bust of her cons...
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BEMME, JOHANNES ADRIAANSZOON
BEMME, JOHANNES ADRIAANSZOON (Dutch). Son of the preceding, born at Rotterdam in 1775, died in 1840. He was a pupil of A. C. Hauch and Dirk Langendyck. He is best known as a copper-plate engraver, although some of his medals are very fine, e.g. : Death of the Founder of the Society " tot Nut van Algemeen " 1806 ; — Battle of Quatrebras, 1815 ; — Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817; — Death of Prince Willem's widow, 1820; — Prize medal of the Society " Hierdoor tot Hooger", at Rotterdam; — D...
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BEMME, JOHANNES ADRIAANSZOON (Dutch). Son of the preceding, born at Rotterdam in 1775, died in 1840. He was a pupil of A. C. Hauch and Dirk Langendyck. He is best known as a copper-plate engraver, although some of his medals are very fine, e.g. : Death of the Founder of the Society " tot Nut van Algemeen " 1806 ; — Battle of Quatrebras, 1815 ; — Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817; — Death of Prince Willem's widow, 1820; — Prize medal of the Society " Hierdoor tot Hooger", at Rotterdam; — D...
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BENOIST, ANTOINE
BENOIST, ANTOINE (French). Painter, and Modeller in wax, 1632- 1717. In the Palace of Versailles there is a medallion in wax of Louis XIV. by this artist. " He was the most distinguished of seventeenth century wax modellers, and Louis XIV. appointed him as "unique sculpteur en cire coloriée". What renders the personality of Benoist of peculiar interest to English connoisseurs is the fact that he was summoned to the court of James II., and is said to have executed wax portraits of most ot the cel...
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BENOIST, ANTOINE (French). Painter, and Modeller in wax, 1632- 1717. In the Palace of Versailles there is a medallion in wax of Louis XIV. by this artist. " He was the most distinguished of seventeenth century wax modellers, and Louis XIV. appointed him as "unique sculpteur en cire coloriée". What renders the personality of Benoist of peculiar interest to English connoisseurs is the fact that he was summoned to the court of James II., and is said to have executed wax portraits of most ot the cel...
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BENSHEIMER, JOHANN
BENSHEIMER, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist, Designer and Engraver of Breslau, between 1685 and 1693. His signature I B. appears on a medal, struck probably in 1666, of the Empress Margaret Theresa of Austria, second consort of Leopold I. By him are also two large medals of John George II. of Saxony, 1658, and Leopold I. ; others commemorating the Peace of Oliva, 1660, with view of the city of Danzig; — Baptismal and Religious Medals, Love tokens, &c. This copper-plate engraver's name appears also as ...
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BENSHEIMER, JOHANN (Germ.). Medallist, Designer and Engraver of Breslau, between 1685 and 1693. His signature I B. appears on a medal, struck probably in 1666, of the Empress Margaret Theresa of Austria, second consort of Leopold I. By him are also two large medals of John George II. of Saxony, 1658, and Leopold I. ; others commemorating the Peace of Oliva, 1660, with view of the city of Danzig; — Baptismal and Religious Medals, Love tokens, &c. This copper-plate engraver's name appears also as ...
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