COUSIN, BONAVENTURE (French). Goldsmith, who worked as an Engraverand produced some jetons: 1568. Claude Gouffier; — 1570. Gendarmerie de France, with the motto of Henri, Duke of Anjou ; — 1571-2. Léonor Chabot, Comte de Charny, Grand Ecuyer de France. Bibliography. — A. Barre, op. cit. — Mazerolle, op. cit.
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
CLÉMANSON & Cie
CLÉMANSON & Cie (French). Iron-merchants at Lyons, who, in 1791, struck coins, in imitation of Monneron's issues. Clemanson's Double Sols bear a trophy on obv. with the legend : CLEMANSON ET Cp — Nes — PLACE CONFORT A LYON, and in exergue : L'AN IV DE LA LIBERTE —, and on R. the inscription : VIVRE LIBRE OU MOURIR «»« »» MÉDAILLE DE CONFIANCE DE 25. A ÉCHANGER CONTRE DES ASSIGNAT ET MANDAT DE TOUTE VALEUR.M.DCC.XCII. The Monnerons were struck at the Soho Mint, Birmingham, and engraved by J. P. D...
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CLÉMANSON & Cie (French). Iron-merchants at Lyons, who, in 1791, struck coins, in imitation of Monneron's issues. Clemanson's Double Sols bear a trophy on obv. with the legend : CLEMANSON ET Cp — Nes — PLACE CONFORT A LYON, and in exergue : L'AN IV DE LA LIBERTE —, and on R. the inscription : VIVRE LIBRE OU MOURIR «»« »» MÉDAILLE DE CONFIANCE DE 25. A ÉCHANGER CONTRE DES ASSIGNAT ET MANDAT DE TOUTE VALEUR.M.DCC.XCII. The Monnerons were struck at the Soho Mint, Birmingham, and engraved by J. P. D...
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CLÉRION, JEAN JACQUES
CLÉRION, JEAN JACQUES (French). Engraver of the second half of the eighteenth century. He worked for the Paris Medal Mint from 1674 to 1678 and contributed to the Medallic series of Louis XIV. There is a medal by him of the famous Jesuit Pére Lachaise, 1699. His name is mentioned in 1674, 1676, and 1678 in connection with payments which he received for medals and puncheons executed by him. It is surmised that the sculptor who, at about the same time, did numerous works for the gardens of Versail...
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CLÉRION, JEAN JACQUES (French). Engraver of the second half of the eighteenth century. He worked for the Paris Medal Mint from 1674 to 1678 and contributed to the Medallic series of Louis XIV. There is a medal by him of the famous Jesuit Pére Lachaise, 1699. His name is mentioned in 1674, 1676, and 1678 in connection with payments which he received for medals and puncheons executed by him. It is surmised that the sculptor who, at about the same time, did numerous works for the gardens of Versail...
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CLINT, SCIPIO
CLINT, SCIPIO (Brit.). Son of George Clint, A.R.A., Portraitpainter and Engraver; born in 1805 ; died on the 6th August 1839. He was appointed Medallist to William IV., and Seal-engraver to Queen Victoria. In 1824 he gained the medal of the Society of Arts, and exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy in 1825. There are medals by him of William of Wykeham, with head of William IV. on obv. and the tomb of William of Wykeham on R. ; — John Capel, M. P. for Queenborough, 1826; — Sir Thomas...
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CLINT, SCIPIO (Brit.). Son of George Clint, A.R.A., Portraitpainter and Engraver; born in 1805 ; died on the 6th August 1839. He was appointed Medallist to William IV., and Seal-engraver to Queen Victoria. In 1824 he gained the medal of the Society of Arts, and exhibited for the first time at the Royal Academy in 1825. There are medals by him of William of Wykeham, with head of William IV. on obv. and the tomb of William of Wykeham on R. ; — John Capel, M. P. for Queenborough, 1826; — Sir Thomas...
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CLODION
CLODION otherwise CLAUDE MICHEL (French). Sculptor, born at Nancy in 1738, died at Paris in 1814. He excelled in the light and graceful style and produced some charming Plaques and Bas-reliefs. His figures of young girls playing with birds are master-pieces of taste and ingenuity. I lately saw a pair of long oblong Plaquettes, probably by this artist, representing children playing shuttlecock and skipping (size 85x31 mill.; Rome Sale Cat., lot 339, 26. February 1904; realized ?. 12.10.0). —Among...
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CLODION otherwise CLAUDE MICHEL (French). Sculptor, born at Nancy in 1738, died at Paris in 1814. He excelled in the light and graceful style and produced some charming Plaques and Bas-reliefs. His figures of young girls playing with birds are master-pieces of taste and ingenuity. I lately saw a pair of long oblong Plaquettes, probably by this artist, representing children playing shuttlecock and skipping (size 85x31 mill.; Rome Sale Cat., lot 339, 26. February 1904; realized ?. 12.10.0). —Among...
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