FÜRST, MORITZ (Hung.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, born in 1782 near Pressburg in Hungary. He studied at Vienna and Milan, and was a pupil of J. N. Würth. In 1807, he went to the United States of America and in the following year obtained the appointment of Engraver at the Mint of Philadelphia, a post which he still filled in 1838. His signature : FURST F. appears on a large number of medals, some of which exhibit fair workmanship, according to Dr P. F. Weber's opinion : Colonel George Croghan, 1835; — General Harrison, 1818. — Governor Isaac Shelby, 1818; — Major-General Scott, 1814; — Major-General Gaines, 1814; — Major-General Porter, 18 14; — Major-General Brown, 1814 ; — Brigadier-General Miller, 1814 ; — Brigadier-General Ripley, 1814; — Major-General Macomb (Battle of Plattsburg), 1814; — Major-General Jackson, 1815 ; — Captain Jacob Jones (Action between the " Wasp " and " Frolic "), 1812; — Captain Stephen Decatur, Capture of the Macedonian, 1812 ; — Captain Bainbridge, 1812; — Captain Lawrence, 1813; Lieutenant Burrows, 1813 ; — Lieutenant Mac Call; — Captain Perry, 1813; — Captain Elliott; — Captain Warrington, 1814; — Captain Blakeley, 1814, — Captain Macdonough, 1814; — Captain Henley, 1814; — Lieutenant Cassin, 1814; — Captain Biddle (Capture of the British Ship " Penguin ", 1815 ; — Captain Stewart, 1815. " This series of 27 medals ", says Dr F. P. Weber, "commemorating American successes during the war between England and the United States, 1812-1815, was struck by special resolution of Congress ". By him are also a small medal on Captain Perry's naval success on Lake Erie, io,h Sept., 1813, and a coronation medal of Queen Victoria, 1838, signed F. F., and the following Portrait-medals : President James Monroe, 1817; — President John Quincy Adams, 1825; — President Andrew Jackson, 1829; — President Martin van Buren, 1837; etc. Bibliography. — Dr F. P. Weber, Medals and Medallions, etc. — J. R. Snowden, A Description of the Medals of Washington ; of National and Miscellaneous Medals, Philadelphia, 1861. — H. A. Grueber, English Medals, London, 1891. — Loubat, The Medallic History of the United States of America, 1776-1896.
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
FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Royal Academician, well known for his numerous works of statuary. He died on the 23rd of December 1901. "E. Onslow Ford" says Victor G. Parr, in Men and Women of the Time, London, 1899, p. 376, "was born in London, July 27, 1852, and as a boy, had a great desire to become an artist. In 1870 he went to Antwerp and entered ,the School, working his way up to the Antique School, where he studied under M. Buffeau. In 1871 he went to Munich and jo...
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FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Royal Academician, well known for his numerous works of statuary. He died on the 23rd of December 1901. "E. Onslow Ford" says Victor G. Parr, in Men and Women of the Time, London, 1899, p. 376, "was born in London, July 27, 1852, and as a boy, had a great desire to become an artist. In 1870 he went to Antwerp and entered ,the School, working his way up to the Antique School, where he studied under M. Buffeau. In 1871 he went to Munich and jo...
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FOULIS, THOMAS
FOULIS, THOMAS (Scotch). Goldsmith and Die-sinker, who was employed on the Scottish coinage, at the end of the sixteenth and beginning ol the seventeenth centuries. Burns informs us that " on the 2nd August 1598, the profits and casualties of the mint (Edinburgh) were let for six years to Thomas Foulis, goldsmith, and Robert Jowsie, merchant, burgesses of Edinburgh, at an annual rent ot ? 5000 or 7500 merks. The coinage of ten-shilling pieces and their parts, and ot the corresponding gold money,...
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FOULIS, THOMAS (Scotch). Goldsmith and Die-sinker, who was employed on the Scottish coinage, at the end of the sixteenth and beginning ol the seventeenth centuries. Burns informs us that " on the 2nd August 1598, the profits and casualties of the mint (Edinburgh) were let for six years to Thomas Foulis, goldsmith, and Robert Jowsie, merchant, burgesses of Edinburgh, at an annual rent ot ? 5000 or 7500 merks. The coinage of ten-shilling pieces and their parts, and ot the corresponding gold money,...
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FOUQUET, EMILE FRANÇOIS
FOUQUET, EMILE FRANÇOIS (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris on the 13th of June, 1817. He was a pupil of Foyatier. This artist produced a number of medallions in wax, clay, and bronze, one of which was exhibited at the Salon of 1879. He also appears to have engraved medal-dies. Marvin describes a masonic medal, or rather an octagonal jeton, of the Lodge of the Union of the Family, at Paris, bearing this engraver's signature. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Marvin, Ma...
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FOUQUET, EMILE FRANÇOIS (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris on the 13th of June, 1817. He was a pupil of Foyatier. This artist produced a number of medallions in wax, clay, and bronze, one of which was exhibited at the Salon of 1879. He also appears to have engraved medal-dies. Marvin describes a masonic medal, or rather an octagonal jeton, of the Lodge of the Union of the Family, at Paris, bearing this engraver's signature. Bibliography. — Chavignerie et Auvray, op. cit. — Marvin, Ma...
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FOURCADE, DOMINIQUE PHILIPPE JEAN
FOURCADE, DOMINIQUE PHILIPPE JEAN (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 29th of August 1871, au Plan (canton de Caz?res, Haute-Garonne) ; studied first at Toulouse under the sculptor A. Belon ; entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts of that city, and worked under A. Fabre, A. Laporte and H. Maurette ; obtained fifteen prizes and a mention at the Toulouse School of Fine Arts ; a diploma of honour at the International Exhibition of Toulouse in 1895 ; a silver medal at the International Exhibitio...
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FOURCADE, DOMINIQUE PHILIPPE JEAN (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 29th of August 1871, au Plan (canton de Caz?res, Haute-Garonne) ; studied first at Toulouse under the sculptor A. Belon ; entered the Ecole des Beaux Arts of that city, and worked under A. Fabre, A. Laporte and H. Maurette ; obtained fifteen prizes and a mention at the Toulouse School of Fine Arts ; a diploma of honour at the International Exhibition of Toulouse in 1895 ; a silver medal at the International Exhibitio...
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