BROWN, WILLIAM (Brit.). Gem-engraver of the beginning of the nineteenth century. King says he was noted as an engraver of Cupids, singly and in groups. He also executed portraits with great taste, such as : Buchanan ; — William Pitt ; — Charles, second Marquis of Rockingham, &c. Bibliography. — C. W. King, Antique Gems, London, 1860.
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
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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BOUCHARDON, EDMOND
BOUCHARDON, EDMOND (French). Painter and Sculptor under Louis XV. Some of his drawings have been copied by the great French gem-engraver Jacques Guay, amongst others his Genius of Poetry, intaglio on a fine light sardonyx; the Rape of Dejaneira also an intaglio, and theTriumph of Fontenoy on a carnelian.Bouchardon was born in 1698, and died at Paris in 1762. He was one of the most noteworthy statuaries of the eighteenth century. It may be of interest to mention that the plates of Mariette's " Tr...
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BOUCHARDON, EDMOND (French). Painter and Sculptor under Louis XV. Some of his drawings have been copied by the great French gem-engraver Jacques Guay, amongst others his Genius of Poetry, intaglio on a fine light sardonyx; the Rape of Dejaneira also an intaglio, and theTriumph of Fontenoy on a carnelian.Bouchardon was born in 1698, and died at Paris in 1762. He was one of the most noteworthy statuaries of the eighteenth century. It may be of interest to mention that the plates of Mariette's " Tr...
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