DEVRIES, S. (Dutch). Medallist residing at Amsterdam, and Diesinker. In 1860, he produced a beautiful Portrait-medal of the painter Ary Scheffer. The commemorative medal of the Celebration of the Jubilee of the Dutch Agricultural Society of The Hague, 1873, is another of this artist's best works. He was Engraver to His Majesty the King of Holland, and cut a large number of medals commemorating public events and others, amongst them : Medico- Chirurgical Society of Amsterdam; — Dutch Red cross, 1871 (sev. var.), and is now occasionally engaged in work for Queen Wilhelmina. Vide VRIES. Bibliography. — Revue belge de Numismatique.
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
DAVID, ADOLPHE
DAVID, ADOLPHE (French). Gem-engraver and Medallist, born at Baugé (Maine-et-Loire), 1828, died at Paris in 1896; pupil of Jouffrov. At the Salon of 1857, he exhibited three Portrait-camei, and a fourth representing the Wreck of the Medusa, and in 1863. Pudicitia resisting Love ; but the work which has rendered the name of the artist famous is the very large cameo — Apotheosis of Napoleon I. — a sardonyx of 24 by 22 centimétres. It reproduces the ceiling painted by Ingres in 1854 in the grand re...
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DAVID, ADOLPHE (French). Gem-engraver and Medallist, born at Baugé (Maine-et-Loire), 1828, died at Paris in 1896; pupil of Jouffrov. At the Salon of 1857, he exhibited three Portrait-camei, and a fourth representing the Wreck of the Medusa, and in 1863. Pudicitia resisting Love ; but the work which has rendered the name of the artist famous is the very large cameo — Apotheosis of Napoleon I. — a sardonyx of 24 by 22 centimétres. It reproduces the ceiling painted by Ingres in 1854 in the grand re...
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DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS
DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS (French). 1748-1825. The reformer of modern French painting, and one of the greatest artists of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning ot the nineteenth. He was a pupil of Boucher, and studied also for five years at the French Academy in Rome, where he produced his first great picture, the “Plague of St Roch ". Returning to France soon after, he was received with all possible honour, admitted to the Academy, lodged at the Louvre, and surrounded by a host of admirer...
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DAVID, JACQUES-LOUIS (French). 1748-1825. The reformer of modern French painting, and one of the greatest artists of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning ot the nineteenth. He was a pupil of Boucher, and studied also for five years at the French Academy in Rome, where he produced his first great picture, the “Plague of St Roch ". Returning to France soon after, he was received with all possible honour, admitted to the Academy, lodged at the Louvre, and surrounded by a host of admirer...
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DAVIES, WILLIAM
DAVIES, WILLIAM (Brit.). A Birmingham Die-sinker and Engraver of a number of English Provincial Tokens, such as those of James Powele, Abergavenny. 1795 — J. Allin, Birmingham, 1796; — Niblock and Hunter, Bristol, 1795 ; (2 var.); — Scottolo, Gatehouse, 1793 ; — D. J. Eaton, London, 1795 ; — Lowestoft, 1795 ; — J. Smith, Maidstone, 1795 ; — W. Draper, Maldon; — J. Powell, Monmouth, 1795 ; — Bissett and Son, Montrose, 1796 ; — J. and T. Cloakes, Tenterden, 1796; — D.and J. Boulter, Yarmouth, 179...
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DAVIES, WILLIAM (Brit.). A Birmingham Die-sinker and Engraver of a number of English Provincial Tokens, such as those of James Powele, Abergavenny. 1795 — J. Allin, Birmingham, 1796; — Niblock and Hunter, Bristol, 1795 ; (2 var.); — Scottolo, Gatehouse, 1793 ; — D. J. Eaton, London, 1795 ; — Lowestoft, 1795 ; — J. Smith, Maidstone, 1795 ; — W. Draper, Maldon; — J. Powell, Monmouth, 1795 ; — Bissett and Son, Montrose, 1796 ; — J. and T. Cloakes, Tenterden, 1796; — D.and J. Boulter, Yarmouth, 179...
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DAVIS, JOSEPH
DAVIS, JOSEPH (Brit.). A Birmingham Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century ; died about 1857. He is the issuer of the following medals : Chipping Norton Political Union, established 1831 ; — Return of Thomas Attwood to Birmingham from London, 1832 ; — Sir Marc Isambard Brunei, on the Completion of the Thames Tunnel, 1842; — William Carey, Jubilee of the Baptist Mission, 1842 (2 types); — Temperance Badges, 1838; — Earl Grey; — Thomas Clarkson (illustrated); — The Duke of Welli...
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DAVIS, JOSEPH (Brit.). A Birmingham Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century ; died about 1857. He is the issuer of the following medals : Chipping Norton Political Union, established 1831 ; — Return of Thomas Attwood to Birmingham from London, 1832 ; — Sir Marc Isambard Brunei, on the Completion of the Thames Tunnel, 1842; — William Carey, Jubilee of the Baptist Mission, 1842 (2 types); — Temperance Badges, 1838; — Earl Grey; — Thomas Clarkson (illustrated); — The Duke of Welli...
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