BROCK, THOMAS (Brit.). R. A., Sculptor, was born in 1847 at Worcester, where his father, William Brock, was a decorator. He was educated first at the Government School of Design in that city, then came to London and studied at the Royal Academy, where he obtained both silver and gold medals. He became a pupil and afterwards an assistant of the late J. H. Foley, the sculptor. After Mr. Foley's death he completed the numerous works unfinished by him, the chief of these being the O'Connell Monument in Dublin. Among Mr. Brock's ideal works may be mentioned " Salmacis ", Hercules strangling Antaeus", Statuettes of Paris and Oenone, and a large equestrian group, " A Moment of Peril, " purchased for the nation by the Royal Academy. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1889 " The Genius of Poetry ". Among portrait statues may be named Richard Baxter, Robert Raikes, Sir Rowland Hill, Sir Richard Temple, Sir Erasmus Wilson, the poet Longfellow (the latter for the Westminster Abbey Memorial), Sir Richard Owen, a bronze, now in the Natural History Museum, South Kensington; Dr Philpott, a marble bust in Worcester cathedral; Lord Bowen ; Lord Derby ; Sir Richard Quain. In the Royal Academy's Exhibition of 1898 he had no less than five sculptures, including a statue of Eve, and a bronze bust of Henry Tate, to be placed in the National Gallery of British Art. He was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy Jan. 16, 1883; R. A. in 1891." (Victor G. Plarr, Men and Women of the Time, London, 1899.) Brock is the designer of the bust of Queen Victoria which appeared on the coinage of 1893. It is a much more artistic and popular portrait of the late Queen, than that on the Jubilee issue, with the ridiculously ill-balanced crown. The reverse of the Halfcrown, consisting of the arms of the United Kingdom contained in a shield surmounted by the imperial crown and surrounded by the collar of the Garter, with the inscription FID.DEF.IND.IMP. — HALF CROWN, is also by the same artist. His bust of Queen Victoria appears on the Mint Diamond Jubilee medals, on the R. of which Wyon's young head of the Queen has been used. The artist's design for the 1893 coinage and head ot Queen Victoria for the official Diamond Jubilee Medal, 1897, issued by the Royal Mint, appear to be his only medallic productions.
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
BORNER, PETER PAUL
BORNER, PETER PAUL (Swiss). Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Lucerne, 10. January 1656 (1657?), worked at the Mint of Rome, and died in 1727. Hecut, in a bold style, Portrait-medals of the Popes Alexander VII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI. Between 1677 and 1697 he was receiving a monthly allowance of 10 Florins. He also engraved a number of the scudi issued by these pontiffs. His signature (P. P. BORNER F; — P. BORNER F. ; — P. B. ; — B. F. ; — BORNER, F. ; —or P.P.B.F.) appears on Scudi ...
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BORNER, PETER PAUL (Swiss). Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Lucerne, 10. January 1656 (1657?), worked at the Mint of Rome, and died in 1727. Hecut, in a bold style, Portrait-medals of the Popes Alexander VII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI. Between 1677 and 1697 he was receiving a monthly allowance of 10 Florins. He also engraved a number of the scudi issued by these pontiffs. His signature (P. P. BORNER F; — P. BORNER F. ; — P. B. ; — B. F. ; — BORNER, F. ; —or P.P.B.F.) appears on Scudi ...
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BORREL, ALFRED
BORREL, ALFRED (French). Medallist ; son of Valentin Maurice Borrel; he studied under his father, Jouffroy, and Merley. He was born at Paris in 1836, and became a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1856. He obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1860, a Mention honorable at the Salon of the Champs-Elysées in 1863, the third Medal at the Salon of 1880, the second in 1890, and the first in 1896. Member of the Jury at the Salon of 1893; Academy Officer, 1881 ; Officer of Public Instruction, 18...
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BORREL, ALFRED (French). Medallist ; son of Valentin Maurice Borrel; he studied under his father, Jouffroy, and Merley. He was born at Paris in 1836, and became a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1856. He obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1860, a Mention honorable at the Salon of the Champs-Elysées in 1863, the third Medal at the Salon of 1880, the second in 1890, and the first in 1896. Member of the Jury at the Salon of 1893; Academy Officer, 1881 ; Officer of Public Instruction, 18...
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BORREL, VALENTIN MAURICE
BORREL, VALENTIN MAURICE (French). Born, 24. July 1804, died 29. March 1882. At the age of twelve, he was apprenticed to the medallist J. J. Barre, who was then Engraver-general at the French Mint. He was 24 years old when he engraved his first portrait, that of the actor Picard ; this was followed by others of Andrieux, Alexandre Duval, Yon Barré, Népomucéne Lemercier, and Mme Duval. Three years later, the young artist received an appointment at the Monaco Mint under Honoré V. From that date, h...
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BORREL, VALENTIN MAURICE (French). Born, 24. July 1804, died 29. March 1882. At the age of twelve, he was apprenticed to the medallist J. J. Barre, who was then Engraver-general at the French Mint. He was 24 years old when he engraved his first portrait, that of the actor Picard ; this was followed by others of Andrieux, Alexandre Duval, Yon Barré, Népomucéne Lemercier, and Mme Duval. Three years later, the young artist received an appointment at the Monaco Mint under Honoré V. From that date, h...
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BORRIEN AND MAGENS
BORRIEN AND MAGENS (Brit.). " In the year 1798, in consequence of the extreme scarcity of silver money, Messrs. Dorrien and Magens sent a quantity of bullion to the Mint to be coined according to the law, which had never been repealed, by which it was enacted that any one sending bullion to the Mint might have it coined into money, upon the payment of certain dues. The whole was actually coined into shillings from dies varying very slightly from those of 1787, but with the date 1798, and having ...
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BORRIEN AND MAGENS (Brit.). " In the year 1798, in consequence of the extreme scarcity of silver money, Messrs. Dorrien and Magens sent a quantity of bullion to the Mint to be coined according to the law, which had never been repealed, by which it was enacted that any one sending bullion to the Mint might have it coined into money, upon the payment of certain dues. The whole was actually coined into shillings from dies varying very slightly from those of 1787, but with the date 1798, and having ...
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