BROOKES & ADAMS (Brit.). A firm of contemporary Birmingham Die-sinkers. The chief partner, Mr. Thomas Brookes, was born at Birmingham, 4th February 1831 ; he was apprenticed to Allen and Moore in 1844, and worked under the late Joseph Moore until 1855, assisting him in the engraving of sporting, livery, naval, and military button work. He cut a variety of medal-dies in the gothic style for Messrs Hardmare and Co while with him ; also, the head of Roscoe, the historian, to commemorate the centenary of his birth at Liverpool, March 1853; — Several of the Brodrick Series of King Edward and his Schools ; — Head of Robert Nelson, founder of the Bath Blue Coat School ; — Sir Joseph Paxton R View of Sydenham Crystal Palace (opened may 1854) ; — The Queen's Visit to Manchester, 1851 ; — Various coins for the Argentine Republic, &c. Mr. Brookes commenced on his own account in partnership with Mr. Thomas Adams, 1855, who was also an apprentice of Joseph Moore. From that time to the present day, the firm has executed a large number of works of which I shall only enumerate the principal : Seals for various companies which were promoted from 1857, such as the Royal Mail Atlantic Steam Ship Co, Exchange Life Assurance Association, The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China, &c. ; — Medal of Montgomery, the poet. R. Open Bible, 1862; — Sheffield medal to commemorate the Marriage of the Prince and Princess of Wales; — 1862, Exhibition medals ; together with others to celebrate the principal events of later years, including Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1887, the Diamond Jubilee medals for the Liverpool Corporation, 1897, the Accession, 1901, and Coronation, 1902, of Edward VII. Bibliography. — Private information.
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
BÖRSCH, ALOIS
BÖRSCH, ALOIS (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist residing at Munich. One of his early works is a commemorative medal of Baron Dr Hermann von Rotenhan of Frankfort, 1848. This Medallist exhibited several fine medals at the " Ausstellung Moderner Medaillen " held at Frankfort-on-Main, April 1900 Shooting Prize Medals (2 types) ; — Horticulture Prize Medal — Machinery Exhibition Prize Medal ; — Bronze plaques : Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria ; — Mint-master von Schauss — Professor Gysi...
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BÖRSCH, ALOIS (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist residing at Munich. One of his early works is a commemorative medal of Baron Dr Hermann von Rotenhan of Frankfort, 1848. This Medallist exhibited several fine medals at the " Ausstellung Moderner Medaillen " held at Frankfort-on-Main, April 1900 Shooting Prize Medals (2 types) ; — Horticulture Prize Medal — Machinery Exhibition Prize Medal ; — Bronze plaques : Prince Regent Luitpold of Bavaria ; — Mint-master von Schauss — Professor Gysi...
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BOSKAM, JAN
BOSKAM, JAN (Dutch). Medallist of Nimwegen, who flourished at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century. He worked for William III. until 1703, when he went to Berlin, but returned to Amsterdam in 1706, where we still find him in 1708. The English series of medals owes to him a large number of productions : William and Mary, 1689; — Battle of La Hogue, 1692; — Execution of Grandval, 1692 (2 types); — Battle of Landen, 1693 ; — Battle of Neerwinden, 1693 ; — Prince Louis ...
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BOSKAM, JAN (Dutch). Medallist of Nimwegen, who flourished at the end of the seventeenth and beginning of the eighteenth century. He worked for William III. until 1703, when he went to Berlin, but returned to Amsterdam in 1706, where we still find him in 1708. The English series of medals owes to him a large number of productions : William and Mary, 1689; — Battle of La Hogue, 1692; — Execution of Grandval, 1692 (2 types); — Battle of Landen, 1693 ; — Battle of Neerwinden, 1693 ; — Prince Louis ...
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BOSSELT, RUDOLF
BOSSELT, RUDOLF (Germ.). This Medallist, who resides at Darmstadt, executed in 1900, the official medal, commissioned by the city of Mayence, to commemorate the fifth centenary of Gutenberg. His Goethe Medal, on the Goethe Festivities at Frankfort-on-Main, 1899, is a superior piece of work. He has lately been rewarded by Dr Bosse, German Minister of Public Worship, for a fine Baptismal Medal with motto Carpe Diem, and he has also executed a commemorative medal ot the Exhibition of Darmstadt, wit...
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BOSSELT, RUDOLF (Germ.). This Medallist, who resides at Darmstadt, executed in 1900, the official medal, commissioned by the city of Mayence, to commemorate the fifth centenary of Gutenberg. His Goethe Medal, on the Goethe Festivities at Frankfort-on-Main, 1899, is a superior piece of work. He has lately been rewarded by Dr Bosse, German Minister of Public Worship, for a fine Baptismal Medal with motto Carpe Diem, and he has also executed a commemorative medal ot the Exhibition of Darmstadt, wit...
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BOTTÉE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE
BOTTÉE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris; born in 1852 ; was apprenticed at the age of 13 in a button factory, to which was attached a studio for medalengraving ; followed the evening classes of the Drawing Schools of the city of Paris, and then of the School for Decorative Arts ; entered in 1869 the work-shop of M. Tasset, the medallist, and was interrupted in his studies by the Franco-German War. In 1871, he was received as a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts...
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BOTTÉE, LOUIS ALEXANDRE (French). Contemporary Medallist, residing at Paris; born in 1852 ; was apprenticed at the age of 13 in a button factory, to which was attached a studio for medalengraving ; followed the evening classes of the Drawing Schools of the city of Paris, and then of the School for Decorative Arts ; entered in 1869 the work-shop of M. Tasset, the medallist, and was interrupted in his studies by the Franco-German War. In 1871, he was received as a pupil at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts...
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