GRANDE, R. (Amer.). Contemporary South American Medallist. His signature : R. GRANDE appears on the following medals : Memo- rial Medal, 1893, on the Recapture of Buenos-Ayres from the English, 1806 ; — Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Argentinian Eastern Railway, 1882 ; — Foundation of a College at Juarez, 1882; — Foundation of the School Board Buildings of the Province of Buenos-Ayres, 1883 ; — Erection of the Caridad Asylum, 1883 ; — Erection of the Ayacucho Hospital, 1884; — Inauguration of 54 School Buildings at Buenos Ayres, 1886; — Inauguration of the Church ot Balcarce, 1886; — Inauguration of a Tramway-Line at Cordoba, 1886; — Inauguration of four School Buildings in the Province of San Luis, 1887; — Inaugura- tion of the Statue of General Juan Lavalle, 1887; — Inauguration of the Railway to La Magdalena, 1887; — The Railways of the Province of Buenos Ayres, 1890; — Second Argentinian Exhibition of the Society of Sciences, 1876; — Prize Medal of the Provincial Exhibition of San Juan, 1885; — General Exhibition of Entre- Rios Parana, 1887; — Prize Medal of the Agricultural and Indus trial Society 01 Argentina, 1889; — Commemoration of the 100th Concert of the German Choral Society of Buenos Ayres, 1889; — Cholera in Uruguay, 1887 ; — Cholera in the Argentine Republic, 1886-7, &c. The productions of this Medallist are of inferior merit. Bibliography. — Dr F. P. Weber, English Medals by foreign Artists. — Rosa, Monetario Americano, Buenos Ayres, 1892.
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
GIL, GERONIMO ANTONIO
GIL, GERONIMO ANTONIO (Mexican). Coin-engraver and Medallist, employed at the Mint of Mexico, during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Besides the coins struck at Mexico under Charles III. and Charles IV. of Spain, this clever artist executed a large number of fine medals of which the following are best known : Mexican Academy Prize Medal, undated; — Proclamation of Charles IV. at Durango, 1790; — Proclamation of Charles IV. at Guanajuato, 1790 (2 var.) ; — Another, of Guadalaxara, 178...
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GIL, GERONIMO ANTONIO (Mexican). Coin-engraver and Medallist, employed at the Mint of Mexico, during the last quarter of the eighteenth century. Besides the coins struck at Mexico under Charles III. and Charles IV. of Spain, this clever artist executed a large number of fine medals of which the following are best known : Mexican Academy Prize Medal, undated; — Proclamation of Charles IV. at Durango, 1790; — Proclamation of Charles IV. at Guanajuato, 1790 (2 var.) ; — Another, of Guadalaxara, 178...
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GILBAULT, FERDINAND
GILBAULT, FERDINAND (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Brest (Finist?re) on the 20th of March, 1837. Pupil of the sculptor Hippolyte Maindron. His first studies were conducted at Brest under M. Auger, but he went to Paris at the age of 16, when he was presented to Maindron (author of the Velleda) who discovered in him, and fostered, the love of the young student for the fine arts. For reasons of health, Gilbaut had to abandon at an early age statuary for medal-engraving. Amon...
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GILBAULT, FERDINAND (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Brest (Finist?re) on the 20th of March, 1837. Pupil of the sculptor Hippolyte Maindron. His first studies were conducted at Brest under M. Auger, but he went to Paris at the age of 16, when he was presented to Maindron (author of the Velleda) who discovered in him, and fostered, the love of the young student for the fine arts. For reasons of health, Gilbaut had to abandon at an early age statuary for medal-engraving. Amon...
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GILBERT
GILBERT (Flem.). Meester Ghysbrecht was appointed Engraver of coins at the Mint of Louvain, by the Charter of the 24th of November, 1380, which decreed the reopening of the Mint for the coining of gold Peters, and silver Double Schurmans, Schurmans, and Small Schurmans. Nicolas Raest was to be Mint-master, Amelin Van Santvoirt, Warden, and Guillaume Van der Berge, Assayer. Gilbert had to swear that he would faithfully engrave the coins, without altering them in any way, and not to work in any Mi...
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GILBERT (Flem.). Meester Ghysbrecht was appointed Engraver of coins at the Mint of Louvain, by the Charter of the 24th of November, 1380, which decreed the reopening of the Mint for the coining of gold Peters, and silver Double Schurmans, Schurmans, and Small Schurmans. Nicolas Raest was to be Mint-master, Amelin Van Santvoirt, Warden, and Guillaume Van der Berge, Assayer. Gilbert had to swear that he would faithfully engrave the coins, without altering them in any way, and not to work in any Mi...
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GILBERT, ALFRED
GILBERT, ALFRED (Brit.) R. A., D. C. L. Sculptor, born in Lon- don in 1854; studied under Boehm and Cavelier. Besides numerous statues, busts, etc. he has executed the tomb of the late Duke of Clarence in the Memorial Chapel at Windsor, and the Shaftesbury Fountain in the centre of Piccadilly Circus. This great artist has exhibited from time to time at the Royal Academy Portraitmedallions of various persons, amongst others that of Dr Sir William Laurence. " Mr. Gilbert's medal for the Art Union ...
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GILBERT, ALFRED (Brit.) R. A., D. C. L. Sculptor, born in Lon- don in 1854; studied under Boehm and Cavelier. Besides numerous statues, busts, etc. he has executed the tomb of the late Duke of Clarence in the Memorial Chapel at Windsor, and the Shaftesbury Fountain in the centre of Piccadilly Circus. This great artist has exhibited from time to time at the Royal Academy Portraitmedallions of various persons, amongst others that of Dr Sir William Laurence. " Mr. Gilbert's medal for the Art Union ...
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