GRUEBER, HENRY (Germ.). Contemporary Die-sinker or Publisher of medals residing in London. Most of his productions are cheap medalets, sold in the streets at a penny apiece. I have seen by him : Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1887; — Silver Wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1888; — Visit of the German Emperor to London, 189 1 ; — Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York, 1893; — Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, 1897; — Imitation Pond of President Kruger; — Death of Queen Victoria; — Accession of King Edward VII. ; — Coronation of King Edward VII. ; — Lactopeptine token (" Patent") ; &c. These medalets are made in papier mâché covered over with a shell struck in thin metal. Some of the medalets are signed H. G. & C°.
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
GIROMETTI, GIUSEPPE
GIROMETTI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.) A celebrated Sculptor, Gem-engrav- er and Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, born in 1780; died 17. Nov. 1851 . He worked at the Papal Mint at Rome for Popes Pius VII., Leo XII., Pius VIII. and Gregory XVI., Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, and cut Portrait-medals of the sculptor Antonio Canova; — the poet Giov. Batt. Niccolini, which medal Bolzenthal considered as one of the best Italian works of the time; — Caesar Baronius; — Petrus Bembus; — Michelange...
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GIROMETTI, GIUSEPPE (Ital.) A celebrated Sculptor, Gem-engrav- er and Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, born in 1780; died 17. Nov. 1851 . He worked at the Papal Mint at Rome for Popes Pius VII., Leo XII., Pius VIII. and Gregory XVI., Cardinal Ercole Consalvi, and cut Portrait-medals of the sculptor Antonio Canova; — the poet Giov. Batt. Niccolini, which medal Bolzenthal considered as one of the best Italian works of the time; — Caesar Baronius; — Petrus Bembus; — Michelange...
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GIROMETTI, PIETRO
GIROMETTI, PIETRO (Ital.). Son of Giuseppe Girometti, Gem and Medal-engraver of considerable merit, died in London in 1850. M. Babelon says of him that he succeeded in raising himself above his contemporaries of all countries by the excellence of his works. He contributed to the series of medals of celebrated Italians under- taken by his father in conjunction with Niccolo Cerbara, and engrav- ed several medals of Gregory XVI., Vittoria Colonna, Enrico Dandolo and other Italian celebrities. In th...
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GIROMETTI, PIETRO (Ital.). Son of Giuseppe Girometti, Gem and Medal-engraver of considerable merit, died in London in 1850. M. Babelon says of him that he succeeded in raising himself above his contemporaries of all countries by the excellence of his works. He contributed to the series of medals of celebrated Italians under- taken by his father in conjunction with Niccolo Cerbara, and engrav- ed several medals of Gregory XVI., Vittoria Colonna, Enrico Dandolo and other Italian celebrities. In th...
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GLADEHALS, JACOB
GLADEHALS, JACOB (Germ.). Nicolai, Nachrichten von den Baumeistern, Bildhauern... in Berlin, Berlin, 1786, informs us that the name of this artist occurs in 1597 in the Berlin archives as that of a Goldsmith to the Electoral Court. Apparently he was not a native of this city, but settled there late in life; he was still living in 1617, when it is said he was of a great age and in painful circumstances. According to the same writer, we must ascribe to Gladehals the beautiful medallic jewels of Jo...
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GLADEHALS, JACOB (Germ.). Nicolai, Nachrichten von den Baumeistern, Bildhauern... in Berlin, Berlin, 1786, informs us that the name of this artist occurs in 1597 in the Berlin archives as that of a Goldsmith to the Electoral Court. Apparently he was not a native of this city, but settled there late in life; he was still living in 1617, when it is said he was of a great age and in painful circumstances. According to the same writer, we must ascribe to Gladehals the beautiful medallic jewels of Jo...
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GLEICHEN,COUNTESS FEODORA
GLEICHEN,COUNTESS FEODORA (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist ; she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1900 a bronze relief Memorial to the late General Sir Henry Ponsonby. She is a Member of the Society of Medallists, and at this Society's Exhibi- tion in 1897, her medallic productions were very much admired : The Shropshire Horticultural Society Medal ; — Portrait-medal of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales ; — Medal for the Royal Agricultu- ral Show at Windsor, 1889; — A Mirror; — Bas-relie...
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GLEICHEN,COUNTESS FEODORA (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist ; she exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1900 a bronze relief Memorial to the late General Sir Henry Ponsonby. She is a Member of the Society of Medallists, and at this Society's Exhibi- tion in 1897, her medallic productions were very much admired : The Shropshire Horticultural Society Medal ; — Portrait-medal of H.R.H. the Princess of Wales ; — Medal for the Royal Agricultu- ral Show at Windsor, 1889; — A Mirror; — Bas-relie...
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