ELLIS & CO, P. W. (Canad.). Firm of Die-sinkers and Medallists, at Toronto. Their best known medals are : Montreal Carnival, 1885 ; — Canada's Winter Carnival, 1887; — Industrial Exhibi- tion of Toronto, 1879; — Ontario Agricultural Exhibition, 1886; — St Andrew's Society of Toronto, 1886; — Lord Lansdowne, 1885 ; — Temperance Act sustained, 1884; — Toronto Collegiate Institute; — Toronto Crystal Palace; — H. E. The Marquis of Lansdowne ; — Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee, 1897 ; — School Prize Medals of Ottawa ; — Opening of the Victoria Hospital, Lon- don, Canada ; — Epworth League Societies' Medal ; — Canada's Great Victorian Era Exposition and Industrial Fair; — Halifax Carnival, 1896, &c. P. W. Ellis & Co have during the past twenty years struck a large number of commemorative medals of different events in the history of Canada, and for distribution as prizes in its institutions of learning. Some of these medals have artistic merit, and are perhaps the best yet produced in Canada. Bibliography. — R. W. Mc Lachlan, Canadian Diamond Jubilee Medals, 1898.
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
DUBOIS, PAUL
DUBOIS, PAUL (Belg.). Contemporary Sculptor, and Medallist, residing at Brussels, where he was born, 23. September 1859. He is a pupil of Charles Van der Stappen, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. At the Exhibition of Modern Medals at Frankfort °/M. (April 1900), he exhibited the following works : Models : Théo Isaye ; — Reading; — St. Michael ; — The Book ; — Mother and Child ; — St. George; — International Exhibition at Brussels ; — Repose ; — Nymph ; — Faith ; — Portrait of a La...
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DUBOIS, PAUL (Belg.). Contemporary Sculptor, and Medallist, residing at Brussels, where he was born, 23. September 1859. He is a pupil of Charles Van der Stappen, and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels. At the Exhibition of Modern Medals at Frankfort °/M. (April 1900), he exhibited the following works : Models : Théo Isaye ; — Reading; — St. Michael ; — The Book ; — Mother and Child ; — St. George; — International Exhibition at Brussels ; — Repose ; — Nymph ; — Faith ; — Portrait of a La...
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DUBOY, PAUL
DUBOY, PAUL (French). Sculptor, born at Tours in 1830. He executed a number of very fine Portrait-medallions : 1865. M. Fouchet Jr ;— 1866. M.F***; — 1867. Mme F***;— 1868. Mme Hélo?se Duboy; — 1869. M. Paul Fouchet; — 1870. M. J. Fouchet; — 1872. Mme Fouchet; — 1873. M. J. M. Fouchet; — 1875. Mlle V. Négri; — 1876. M. A. Bureau; — 1877. M. F. Normand ; — 1878. Mme Fanny Normand; — 1879. Mlle Jeanne Girard, and others which were exhibited at the Salons of 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1882. At an exhibi...
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DUBOY, PAUL (French). Sculptor, born at Tours in 1830. He executed a number of very fine Portrait-medallions : 1865. M. Fouchet Jr ;— 1866. M.F***; — 1867. Mme F***;— 1868. Mme Hélo?se Duboy; — 1869. M. Paul Fouchet; — 1870. M. J. Fouchet; — 1872. Mme Fouchet; — 1873. M. J. M. Fouchet; — 1875. Mlle V. Négri; — 1876. M. A. Bureau; — 1877. M. F. Normand ; — 1878. Mme Fanny Normand; — 1879. Mlle Jeanne Girard, and others which were exhibited at the Salons of 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1882. At an exhibi...
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DUBUT, FRIEDRICH WILHELM
DUBUT, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1711. He resided for many years at Dresden, where he worked for Augustus III., King of Poland ; then he removed to St. Petersburg, and finally settled at Danzig, where he died in 1779. Dubut is said to have been one of the last Wax-modellers, in which art he obtained great reputation. By him is a medal of Prince Nicolas Esterhazy, and others of Cardinal de Bouillon, and Count Bestuschef Riumin, 1757; — Peter the Great; — Catherin...
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DUBUT, FRIEDRICH WILHELM (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born in 1711. He resided for many years at Dresden, where he worked for Augustus III., King of Poland ; then he removed to St. Petersburg, and finally settled at Danzig, where he died in 1779. Dubut is said to have been one of the last Wax-modellers, in which art he obtained great reputation. By him is a medal of Prince Nicolas Esterhazy, and others of Cardinal de Bouillon, and Count Bestuschef Riumin, 1757; — Peter the Great; — Catherin...
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DUFOUR, JEAN-BAPTISTE
DUFOUR, JEAN-BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born in 1637; pupil of Warin ; worked at the Paris Mint from 1656 to 1673. Medals by him are known of a later date, as for instance his second commemorative piece of Lord Berkeley which could not have been engraved before 1679, and his Portrait-medal of Jean Warin (illustrated), dated 1683. The artist's signature is sometimes DV FOVR, but it appears also as D. or D. F. The following medals are signed by him : Lord Berkeley, 1666; — Alliance of France an...
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DUFOUR, JEAN-BAPTISTE (French). Medallist, born in 1637; pupil of Warin ; worked at the Paris Mint from 1656 to 1673. Medals by him are known of a later date, as for instance his second commemorative piece of Lord Berkeley which could not have been engraved before 1679, and his Portrait-medal of Jean Warin (illustrated), dated 1683. The artist's signature is sometimes DV FOVR, but it appears also as D. or D. F. The following medals are signed by him : Lord Berkeley, 1666; — Alliance of France an...
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