BULLER, JOHN (Brit.). Comptroller of the Royal Mint under George II. and George III.
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
BOUWENS, HUBERT
BOUWENS, HUBERT (Belg.). Engraver of coins and seals. He was employed in that capacity at the Antwerp Mint in 1573. Mary of Burgundy, Maximilian, and Philip the Fair renewed his grant in 1477 and 1484. From 1485 to 1488 he did work for the Mint at Malines. His finest production is a seal of Brabant which was used, after the death of Mary, in 1482, until the majority of Philip the Fair. It represents this prince with his father Maximilian. Bouwens died on the 16. February 1488. L. Forrer. — Biog...
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BOUWENS, HUBERT (Belg.). Engraver of coins and seals. He was employed in that capacity at the Antwerp Mint in 1573. Mary of Burgundy, Maximilian, and Philip the Fair renewed his grant in 1477 and 1484. From 1485 to 1488 he did work for the Mint at Malines. His finest production is a seal of Brabant which was used, after the death of Mary, in 1482, until the majority of Philip the Fair. It represents this prince with his father Maximilian. Bouwens died on the 16. February 1488. L. Forrer. — Biog...
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BOVET, AUGUSTE ANDRÉ
BOVET, AUGUSTE ANDRÉ (Swiss). Coin-engraver and Medallist of Geneva, 1799-1864. The 25, 10, 5, and 1 centime pieces, dated 1847, and signed A. B. are by him. He also cut several medals on the Union of Geneva with Switzerland, 1814 (2 or 3 in conjunction with Ant. Bovy), struck about 1822-24. Auguste-André Bovet was born at Geneva on the 8th Vendémiaire, an VIII (30. September, 1799). From early youth, he was obliged to provide for his own subsistance, and after having been apprenticed as an engr...
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BOVET, AUGUSTE ANDRÉ (Swiss). Coin-engraver and Medallist of Geneva, 1799-1864. The 25, 10, 5, and 1 centime pieces, dated 1847, and signed A. B. are by him. He also cut several medals on the Union of Geneva with Switzerland, 1814 (2 or 3 in conjunction with Ant. Bovy), struck about 1822-24. Auguste-André Bovet was born at Geneva on the 8th Vendémiaire, an VIII (30. September, 1799). From early youth, he was obliged to provide for his own subsistance, and after having been apprenticed as an engr...
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BOVY, HUGUES
BOVY, HUGUES (Swiss). Son of Marc Louis Bovy, Hugues Bovy, one of the foremost Swiss Medallists of modern times, was born at Geneva on the 20th May 1841, and died in July 1903 ; he was trained under the engraver Jacques Rochat-Châtelain, the painter Barthélemy Menn, a man of learning and real genius, the sculptor Dorciére, and Antoine Bovy, his uncle, by whose art he was greatly influenced. In ,1872, he succeeded Dorciére as Professor of modelling at the École des Beaux-Arts of Geneva. H. Bovy's...
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BOVY, HUGUES (Swiss). Son of Marc Louis Bovy, Hugues Bovy, one of the foremost Swiss Medallists of modern times, was born at Geneva on the 20th May 1841, and died in July 1903 ; he was trained under the engraver Jacques Rochat-Châtelain, the painter Barthélemy Menn, a man of learning and real genius, the sculptor Dorciére, and Antoine Bovy, his uncle, by whose art he was greatly influenced. In ,1872, he succeeded Dorciére as Professor of modelling at the École des Beaux-Arts of Geneva. H. Bovy's...
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BOVY, JEAN FRANCOIS ANTOINE
BOVY, JEAN FRANCOIS ANTOINE (Swiss). Born at Geneva, 14. December 1795; died there, 18. September 1877. His father was a Jeweller, and from his early youth A. Bovy displayed unusual abilities as an engraver on metal. In 1824, having completed his studies in his native city and already produced some very commendable work, he was sent to Paris, where, under the direction of the celebrated statuary, Pradier, he learned modelling and sculpture. He then returned to Geneva, was married, and in 1830 we...
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BOVY, JEAN FRANCOIS ANTOINE (Swiss). Born at Geneva, 14. December 1795; died there, 18. September 1877. His father was a Jeweller, and from his early youth A. Bovy displayed unusual abilities as an engraver on metal. In 1824, having completed his studies in his native city and already produced some very commendable work, he was sent to Paris, where, under the direction of the celebrated statuary, Pradier, he learned modelling and sculpture. He then returned to Geneva, was married, and in 1830 we...
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