HANCOCK, JOHN GREGORY (Brit.). Medallist and Die-sinker of the latter part of the eighteenth century and first two decades of the nineteenth, circ. 1775-1815 ; resided at Birmingham, and owes his reputation to his skill as an Engraver of tokens. He worked for Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint, and later for P. Kempson, for whom he executed the dies of a series of medals commemorating British victories over the French, the Union with Ireland, George III., and Statesmen of the time, as well as Prize-medals, badges, tickets, &c. His later productions are of much greater merit than the earlier ones. I have been unable to obtain a more complete list of this engraver's medals, which are nearly all signed : HANCOCK or I.G.HANCOCK, but occasionally alsoI.G.H orH. Several belong to Mudie's Series of National Medals. 1795, War with France, Defeat of French fleet off Port d'Orient by Admiral Hood, Lord Bridport; — 1797, Engagement off Camperdown, with bust of Lord Viscount Duncan, Admiral of the White; — 1797. Another, with bust of Sir Richard Onslow Bart., Admiral of the Blue; — 1802, Peace of Amiens; — 1803, Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth ; — 1803, Earl of Liverpool (Lord Hawkesbury); — 1801, Campaign in Egypt, Battle of Alexandria (Regimental medal struck by order of the officers of the 97th or Queen's German Regiment, for presentation to the men of the regiment who were engaged in that battle); — 1801, Death of Abeicromby, 28 March 1801 ; — 1802, Death of the Duke of Bedford, 2. March 1802; — 1814, Samuel Fereday, Peace of Paris; — 1800, Opposition to the Union with Ireland, with bust of Fox; — 1800, Richard Greene, Memorial; — 1812, Rowland, Viscount Hill, capture of Forts of Almarez (the signature H may stand on this medal for Hopper, the sculptor of a bust of Lord Hill, from which Mills engraved the portrait. Mr Grueber interprets the H as Hancock, Num. Chron., 1892, p. 237); — 1799, Sir William Sidney Smith, Bonaparte repulsed and Siege of Acre raised; — 1783, Dr Joseph Priestley (illustrated) ; — Masonic medal on the Union of the two Rites, with accolated busts of George, Prince of Wales, and William, Duke of Clarence, 1802; — 1800, Charles James Fox ; — 1800, George III. preserved from assassination; — 1803, Washington Memorial medal (illustrated); — 1 796, Sir Henry Trollope, Knight, Engagement off Helvoetsluys ; — 1798, Admiral, Lord Nelson, Victory of the Nile; — Temple, the Actor; — 1802, Marquis Cornwallis; — George III.'s Insanity (A. J. N. 1171); — Dr. Richard Greene of Lichfield, 1800 (A J. N., 1176). The tokens engraved by J. G. Hancock are very numerous. Sharp says of the engraver that among the Artists who produced the eighteenth century tokens " his name stands pre-eminent ". The best known of these signed tokens are: Priestley (2 var.) Wil kinson Iron master ; — Coventry tokens, with bust of Philemon Holland, 1801 (7 var.); — — Anglesey, Paris Mine Co (sev. var.); Birmingham, G. H. Barker (sev. var.); — Blything Hundred Lord Rous ; — Brimscombe, T & S. Canal Co ; — Bristol, H. Bird ; — Penny Token issued by Thomas Welch, 1799 (Warwickshire Yeomanry); — Caermarthen, J. Morgan; — Chichester, Sharp and Chaldecot; — Cambridge, J. Burleigh; — Coventry, E. W. Percy; — Edinburgh, T. & A. Hutchison; — Elmsthorpe, R. Fowke ; — Exeter, S. Kingdon ; — Hull, Garton & Co. ; — Lan caster, Worswick & Son; — Leeds, R. Paley; — Liverpool, J. Clarke; — London, J. & R. Davidson ; — London, Founders Field; — Lichfield, R. Wright; — Macclesfield, Roe Co; — Rochdale, J. Kershaw; — Shrewsburg Token, 1793; — Sou thampton, Taylor Co; — Tamworth, John Harding; — Willey, J. Wilkinson (sev. var.); — Yarmouth, W. Absolon. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Davis, Token Coinage of Warwickshire. — Pye, op. cit. — Grueber, English Personal Medals, Num. Chron., 1887, 1890, 91 and 92. — Marvin, op. cit. — Nagler, Monogrammisten, III, n° 2437. — Hennin, Numistmatique de la Révolution française.
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
GRUEBER, HENRY
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; — Acces...
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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; — Acces...
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GRÜN, SAMUEL
GRÜN, SAMUEL (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Modeller residing in London. At the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1901, he attracted notice by a bronze relief (a plaque) representing a Brit- tany girl. At the Salon of 1902, M. Samuel Grün exhibited the following medals : Plaquette for the Association ot Siege Engineers; — Pla- quette of Concarne; — Portrait of my father Lazare; — Study of a Child's head, &c. M. Babelon in a recent article ot the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne (ann. 1902, II, p. ...
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GRÜN, SAMUEL (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Modeller residing in London. At the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1901, he attracted notice by a bronze relief (a plaque) representing a Brit- tany girl. At the Salon of 1902, M. Samuel Grün exhibited the following medals : Plaquette for the Association ot Siege Engineers; — Pla- quette of Concarne; — Portrait of my father Lazare; — Study of a Child's head, &c. M. Babelon in a recent article ot the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne (ann. 1902, II, p. ...
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GRÜNDLER, JOHANN JEREMIAS
GRÜNDLER, JOHANN JEREMIAS (Germ.). Mint-master at Strass berg, 1710-1747, and Sangerhausen, 1747-1750, in the County of Stolberg. He signed: I.I.G. on Thalers of Henry, Count of Mansfeld, 1747, and on currency of Anhalt-Bernburg. I have noticed Gründler's initials " Eintrachtsthaler", 1719, of Christopher Frederick and Jobst Christian, engraved by Christian Wermuth, Gulden of 1720 and 1729, Jubilee Thaler of 1730; Gulden and Half-gulden of Christopher Lewis II. of Stolberg and Frederick Botho of...
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GRÜNDLER, JOHANN JEREMIAS (Germ.). Mint-master at Strass berg, 1710-1747, and Sangerhausen, 1747-1750, in the County of Stolberg. He signed: I.I.G. on Thalers of Henry, Count of Mansfeld, 1747, and on currency of Anhalt-Bernburg. I have noticed Gründler's initials " Eintrachtsthaler", 1719, of Christopher Frederick and Jobst Christian, engraved by Christian Wermuth, Gulden of 1720 and 1729, Jubilee Thaler of 1730; Gulden and Half-gulden of Christopher Lewis II. of Stolberg and Frederick Botho of...
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GRUPELLO, GABRIEL DE
GRUPELLO, GABRIEL DE (ltal.). Sculptor and Medallist born at Grammont, 22. May 1644, died at Ehrenbreitstein, near Aix-la-Chapelle, 20. June 1730. He was of Italian origin. In 1673, he was appointed Master in the corporation of sculptors, and soon after he became Sculptor to King Charles II.and the city of Brussels; in 1695, he was appointed Sculptor to the Elector Palatine John William, for whom he worked at Düsseldorf, and in 1706, on the death of his protector, he returned to Belgium. The Emp...
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GRUPELLO, GABRIEL DE (ltal.). Sculptor and Medallist born at Grammont, 22. May 1644, died at Ehrenbreitstein, near Aix-la-Chapelle, 20. June 1730. He was of Italian origin. In 1673, he was appointed Master in the corporation of sculptors, and soon after he became Sculptor to King Charles II.and the city of Brussels; in 1695, he was appointed Sculptor to the Elector Palatine John William, for whom he worked at Düsseldorf, and in 1706, on the death of his protector, he returned to Belgium. The Emp...
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