GARDET, JOSEPH ANTOINE (French). Contemporary Medallist of the modern school of Chaplain and Roty, born at Paris in 1857 where he died in 1891. Some of his medallic productions are exhibited at the Luxemburg Museum, and the artist is held in great esteem. Medal-engraving does not however seem to have been his favourite branch, which no doubt accounts for the scarcity of his medals. There is one at the Luxemburg Museum, a cast Portrait-medal of the engraver, Jean Patricot, which exhibits beautiful work. M. Roger Marx in Les Médailleurs français contemporains illustrates a Portrait-plaque of the Comtesse J. de Chambrun, another of Mme Ernest Hébert, and a medalet with a fine bust of M. de Krugh. Bibliography. — R. Marx, Les Médailleurs français depuis 1789, Paris, 1897. — Id., Les Médailleurs français contemporains, Paris, 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
FREEMAN, SIR RALPH
FREEMAN, SIR RALPH (Brit.). Mint-master at the Royal Mint, London, under Charles I, anni 11-16 of his reign, and again under Charles II. Kenyon (Gold Coins of England, p. 169) mentions the following fact: " Charles II. upon his restoration made no alteration in the coins, except by restoring the type used by his father, with a laureated bust substituted for a crowned one. The indenture for this coinage was made with Sir Ralph Freeman, on the 20th of July, 1660, and Unites, Double Crowns, and Bri...
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FREEMAN, SIR RALPH (Brit.). Mint-master at the Royal Mint, London, under Charles I, anni 11-16 of his reign, and again under Charles II. Kenyon (Gold Coins of England, p. 169) mentions the following fact: " Charles II. upon his restoration made no alteration in the coins, except by restoring the type used by his father, with a laureated bust substituted for a crowned one. The indenture for this coinage was made with Sir Ralph Freeman, on the 20th of July, 1660, and Unites, Double Crowns, and Bri...
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FREI, HANS
FREI, HANS (Swiss). Contemporary Medallist, and Sculptor. Born at Basle on the 30th of April, 1868, he was destined in his first youth to the calling of a copper-plate engraver, and, with that object in view, was apprenticed to a professional of his native town. While still working under him, he applied himself to design and studied modelling, in which he met with uncommon success, thanks to his natural ability and a display of extraordinary perse- verance under trying circumstances. He then vis...
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FREI, HANS (Swiss). Contemporary Medallist, and Sculptor. Born at Basle on the 30th of April, 1868, he was destined in his first youth to the calling of a copper-plate engraver, and, with that object in view, was apprenticed to a professional of his native town. While still working under him, he applied himself to design and studied modelling, in which he met with uncommon success, thanks to his natural ability and a display of extraordinary perse- verance under trying circumstances. He then vis...
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FREMANTLE, THE HON. SIR CHARLES WILLIAM K. C. B.
FREMANTLE, THE HON. SIR CHARLES WILLIAM K. C. B. (Brit.), born at Swanbourne, Bucks, on Aug. 12, 1834; third son of the late 1st Lord Cottesloe. "In 1868 he was appointed Deputy-Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint; and in 1870 was constituted principal executive officer of that department, the Mastership of the Mint having by the Coinage Act of that year been vested in the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being. He retired from that appointment in 1894. He was appointed, in 1876, a ...
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FREMANTLE, THE HON. SIR CHARLES WILLIAM K. C. B. (Brit.), born at Swanbourne, Bucks, on Aug. 12, 1834; third son of the late 1st Lord Cottesloe. "In 1868 he was appointed Deputy-Master and Comptroller of the Royal Mint; and in 1870 was constituted principal executive officer of that department, the Mastership of the Mint having by the Coinage Act of that year been vested in the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being. He retired from that appointment in 1894. He was appointed, in 1876, a ...
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FRÉMIET, EMMANUEL
FRÉMIET, EMMANUEL (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris in 1824 ; pupil of Rude; since 1878, Officer of the Legion of Honour. He has occasionally executed some medals and especially in recent years. At the Luxembourg Museum, there is a medal by him, Portrait of a Hunter, cast in bronze. The artist exhibited at the Salon of 1881 a medal of the Grand Condé, and in 1882, ano ther of Stefan-al-Man, Prince of Moldavia. A St George Medal, inscribed DEO FORTITVDO MEA, was illustrated in the St...
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FRÉMIET, EMMANUEL (French). Contemporary Sculptor, born at Paris in 1824 ; pupil of Rude; since 1878, Officer of the Legion of Honour. He has occasionally executed some medals and especially in recent years. At the Luxembourg Museum, there is a medal by him, Portrait of a Hunter, cast in bronze. The artist exhibited at the Salon of 1881 a medal of the Grand Condé, and in 1882, ano ther of Stefan-al-Man, Prince of Moldavia. A St George Medal, inscribed DEO FORTITVDO MEA, was illustrated in the St...
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