BURCH, EDWARD, R. A. (Brit.). Sculptor and Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century. He was admitted a student to the Academy schools in 1769, after having received some training in St. Martin's Lane. He obtained early notice on account of the great delicacy, truth and finish of his studies. He exhibited at the Academy Exhibitions from 1771 till 1808, sending altogether 86 works. His contributions are described by Redgrave as consisting of models and portraits in wax, casts from gems, intaglios, and classical heads. He married a lady of great beauty, and from that time took to miniature-painting. He painted portraits of Mrs. Fitzherbert and of Mary, Duchess of Gloucester. George III. sat to him for a bust. He was elected A.R.A. in 1770 and R.A. in 1771. On the death of Richard Wilson, he was appointed librarian of the Royal Academy, and held the office till he died. The date of his death is generally fixed at 1814, and some accounts give 1730 as the year of his birth". King says of him that he was an admirable artist and that his works are very numerous. He also mentions that he has seen by him a Head of Hercules worthy of any engraver of the times of Augustus. Renton pays the following tribute of praise to this artist and his contemporary, Marchant: " These artists produced engravings that from every point of view excelled anything that had yet been accomplished. It would be impossible to bestow on such beautiful works higher praise than they really merit. " I have lately seen a beautiful intaglio representing a Centaur, bearing his signature ; this gem is cut in carnelian, and said to be the engraver's master piece; he also engraved Portrait-cameos of Sir Isaac Newton; — Charles, second Marquis of Buckingham, and others, &c. Burch's name appears on a medal of Dr William Hunter, the anatomist, 1774 (sev. var.); at that time the artist was in the employment of the Medallist and Gem-engraver, Tassie, for whom he executed Portrait-medallions in wax. Bibliography. — C. W. King. op. cit. — Renton, Intaglio Engraving of Gems, London, 1891. — Gray, James and William Tassie, Edinburgh, 1894.
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
BRAEMT, JOSEPH PIERRE
BRAEMT, JOSEPH PIERRE (Belg.). Medallist and Coin-engraver; born at Ghent in 1796 ; died at Brussels on the 2. December 1864. He studied under Verhulot, Galle and Bosio. One of his first productions of note was the great seal of the Academy of Ghent and a medal commemorating the foundation of this institution. In 1819, he received a pension from the Government ; for a number of years, he filled the post of Chief-engraver at the Brussels Mint. The following medals were engraved by this artist : 1...
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BRAEMT, JOSEPH PIERRE (Belg.). Medallist and Coin-engraver; born at Ghent in 1796 ; died at Brussels on the 2. December 1864. He studied under Verhulot, Galle and Bosio. One of his first productions of note was the great seal of the Academy of Ghent and a medal commemorating the foundation of this institution. In 1819, he received a pension from the Government ; for a number of years, he filled the post of Chief-engraver at the Brussels Mint. The following medals were engraved by this artist : 1...
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BRAKENHAUSEN, FERDINAND
BRAKENHAUSEN, FERDINAND (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist of Berlin, born in 1835, died in 1895. By this artist are a number of cast Portrait-medallions, in the style of sixteenth century masters : Hermann Dannenberg, and his wife, 1884 ; — Johann Brakenhausen ; — Prince Bismarck; — Landgerichtsrath Hesse; — Warnecke; — Golz; — Von der Mülbe; — Bellermann, painter; — Privy Councillor Hoyer; — Julius Count Oeynhausen ; — Van Moers, 1885 ; — Helene Brakenhausen ; — Portrait of the artist himself, &...
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BRAKENHAUSEN, FERDINAND (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist of Berlin, born in 1835, died in 1895. By this artist are a number of cast Portrait-medallions, in the style of sixteenth century masters : Hermann Dannenberg, and his wife, 1884 ; — Johann Brakenhausen ; — Prince Bismarck; — Landgerichtsrath Hesse; — Warnecke; — Golz; — Von der Mülbe; — Bellermann, painter; — Privy Councillor Hoyer; — Julius Count Oeynhausen ; — Van Moers, 1885 ; — Helene Brakenhausen ; — Portrait of the artist himself, &...
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BRANDT, HENRI FRANCOIS
BRANDT, HENRI FRANCOIS (Swiss). 1789-1845. Medallist, born on the 13. January 1789 at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel). His first master in engraving was the watch-case-maker, Perret, in whose apprenticeship he was placed at the age of eleven, in 1800. Seven years later he went to Paris, where his fellow countryman, J. P. Droz, then Keeper of the Paris Medal Mint, procured a situation for him as Engraver of coin-dies, medals, &c. During his residence in France, Brandt studied under the paint...
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BRANDT, HENRI FRANCOIS (Swiss). 1789-1845. Medallist, born on the 13. January 1789 at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel). His first master in engraving was the watch-case-maker, Perret, in whose apprenticeship he was placed at the age of eleven, in 1800. Seven years later he went to Paris, where his fellow countryman, J. P. Droz, then Keeper of the Paris Medal Mint, procured a situation for him as Engraver of coin-dies, medals, &c. During his residence in France, Brandt studied under the paint...
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BRASHER, ABRAM
BRASHER, ABRAM (Amer.). Jeweller and Die-sinker of the latter end of the eighteenth century, who struck the extremely rare and valuable Brasher Doubloon. We find the following particulars of this interesting piece in the Proceedings of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 1899, p. 17 : " Brasher issued his gold piece in 1787 ; it was about the size of a Spanish doubloon and was intended as a suggestion for a State coinage. On the obverse appears the rising sun, as on the arms of ...
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BRASHER, ABRAM (Amer.). Jeweller and Die-sinker of the latter end of the eighteenth century, who struck the extremely rare and valuable Brasher Doubloon. We find the following particulars of this interesting piece in the Proceedings of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 1899, p. 17 : " Brasher issued his gold piece in 1787 ; it was about the size of a Spanish doubloon and was intended as a suggestion for a State coinage. On the obverse appears the rising sun, as on the arms of ...
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