BUNSEN and NEUMEISTER. Mint-officials at Frankfort-on- M., 1764-1776.
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
BOVY, MARC LOUIS
BOVY, MARC LOUIS (Swiss), 1805-1890. Medallist of Geneva, brother of Antoine Bovy and father of Hugues Bovy ; for a long time head-partner of a die-sinker's establishment, which has produced much good work during the greater part of the nineteenth century, and which still exists under the management of the present owner M. Louis Furet. M. L. Bovy is known as an Engraver only by a few medals, of private character, and better perhaps by his Pattern 2 Franc piece of 1854, which exists in different ...
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BOVY, MARC LOUIS (Swiss), 1805-1890. Medallist of Geneva, brother of Antoine Bovy and father of Hugues Bovy ; for a long time head-partner of a die-sinker's establishment, which has produced much good work during the greater part of the nineteenth century, and which still exists under the management of the present owner M. Louis Furet. M. L. Bovy is known as an Engraver only by a few medals, of private character, and better perhaps by his Pattern 2 Franc piece of 1854, which exists in different ...
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BOVY-GUGGISBERG, GEORGES
BOVY-GUGGISBERG, GEORGES (Swiss). Born at Geneva, Feb. 28, 1837, † Oct. 11, 1885. Liberally educated, though not in view of any definite profession, he was obliged in 1862 to enter his father's business, to the extension and development of which he devoted his whole energy for 23 years. He learned drawing and engraving in his spare moments and although he never attained the perfection of his uncle, Antoine Bovy, or of his brother, Hugues Bovy, two medals which he produced a year or two before hi...
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BOVY-GUGGISBERG, GEORGES (Swiss). Born at Geneva, Feb. 28, 1837, † Oct. 11, 1885. Liberally educated, though not in view of any definite profession, he was obliged in 1862 to enter his father's business, to the extension and development of which he devoted his whole energy for 23 years. He learned drawing and engraving in his spare moments and although he never attained the perfection of his uncle, Antoine Bovy, or of his brother, Hugues Bovy, two medals which he produced a year or two before hi...
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BOWER, GEORGE
BOWER or BOWERS, GEORGE (Brit.). Medallist, who worked in London from 1650 to 1689, and was appointed in 1664 Engraver to the Royal Mint and Embosser in Ordinary. His death is placed before March 1689- 1690. The following medals were engraved by this artist : Restoration of Charles II., 1660; — Another, R. VIDEO, same subject ; — Marriage of Charles II. and Catherine of Braganza (6 different types) ; — Charles II. and Catherine, 1662, the best of Bower's productions; — Holland, Disputes with 166...
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BOWER or BOWERS, GEORGE (Brit.). Medallist, who worked in London from 1650 to 1689, and was appointed in 1664 Engraver to the Royal Mint and Embosser in Ordinary. His death is placed before March 1689- 1690. The following medals were engraved by this artist : Restoration of Charles II., 1660; — Another, R. VIDEO, same subject ; — Marriage of Charles II. and Catherine of Braganza (6 different types) ; — Charles II. and Catherine, 1662, the best of Bower's productions; — Holland, Disputes with 166...
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BOWCHER, FRANK
BOWCHER, FRANK (Brit.). The artistic advance made by the modern French School of Medallists is represented in this country by the work of a young artist of indisputable talent, Mr. Frank Bowcher. He is a clever exponent of the art which Roty, Chaplain, Bottée, Dupuis, and their colleagues have brought in recent years to such perfection . Gifted with an uncommon faculty for creation, a genuine artistic feeling and manipulative dexterity, he knows how to impart to his portraits warmth, expression ...
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BOWCHER, FRANK (Brit.). The artistic advance made by the modern French School of Medallists is represented in this country by the work of a young artist of indisputable talent, Mr. Frank Bowcher. He is a clever exponent of the art which Roty, Chaplain, Bottée, Dupuis, and their colleagues have brought in recent years to such perfection . Gifted with an uncommon faculty for creation, a genuine artistic feeling and manipulative dexterity, he knows how to impart to his portraits warmth, expression ...
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