KEY, WILLIAM H. (Amer.). Assistant-engraver at the Philadelphia Mint, appointed in 1864 and still in service in 1892. He is a native of Brooklyn, and an expert Die-sinker. We owe to him the Kane Expedition and Archbishop Wood Medals, various Pattern pieces and many Dies of the current U. S. coinage ; also : Washington Medal (2 var.), 1878 (signed : KEY) of the Harzfeld Series; — Lafayette Medal (2 var.) of the same Series (signed : W. H. KEY F.); — E. K. Price, an American Numismatist, 1879; — John Wesley, 1866; — General U. S. Grant, 1867 ; — Daniel Webster; — Medal of the Fulton Institute, Lancaster (Pa), 1858) ; — Dr E. K. Kane, 1857; — Medal of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 1879, &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
JOSSE, L.
JOSSE, L. (French). Goldsmith of the early part of the eighteenth century. M. Guiffrey ascribes to him a medal of Louis XIV., signed L, I, for which he was paid the sum of 400 livres on December 31, 1716. The name reminds one of Moliére's : Vous étes orfévre, M. Josse? As M. Mazerolle does not mention Josse in his recent work on French Medallists, it is possible that Guiffrey has wrongly interpreted the initials L. J. which he has noticed on the medal in question. Bibliography. — J. J. Guiffrey,...
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JOSSE, L. (French). Goldsmith of the early part of the eighteenth century. M. Guiffrey ascribes to him a medal of Louis XIV., signed L, I, for which he was paid the sum of 400 livres on December 31, 1716. The name reminds one of Moliére's : Vous étes orfévre, M. Josse? As M. Mazerolle does not mention Josse in his recent work on French Medallists, it is possible that Guiffrey has wrongly interpreted the initials L. J. which he has noticed on the medal in question. Bibliography. — J. J. Guiffrey,...
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JOUANNIN, JULIEN MARIE
JOUANNIN, JULIEN MARIE (French )(.. 1798- 1811). Medallist and Gem-engraver of the early part of the nineteenth century. In 1809, he obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome for his competitive gem representing " Mars followed by Victory". The only other gem by him I find a mention of is that exhibited at the Salon of 1831, the subject of which is "Cupid sharpening his Darts", after Robert Lefévre. Amongst Jouannin's medallic works are : 1798, Conquest of Egypt (obv. only, illustrated); — 1805, S...
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JOUANNIN, JULIEN MARIE (French )(.. 1798- 1811). Medallist and Gem-engraver of the early part of the nineteenth century. In 1809, he obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome for his competitive gem representing " Mars followed by Victory". The only other gem by him I find a mention of is that exhibited at the Salon of 1831, the subject of which is "Cupid sharpening his Darts", after Robert Lefévre. Amongst Jouannin's medallic works are : 1798, Conquest of Egypt (obv. only, illustrated); — 1805, S...
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JOUVENEL, ADOLPHE CHRISTIAN
JOUVENEL, ADOLPHE CHRISTIAN (Belg.). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Lille on the 10th May, 1798, died at Brussels on the 9th September, 1867. He was the son of the Sculptor and Medallist Jean Baptiste Clément Jouvenel, and pupil of Rude. In 1846, Jouvenel undertook the publication of a Series of Portrait-medals of the celebrities of his country. This collection was to comprise a first set of 25 bronze medals of 45 mill, in diameter, to be issued one each month at the price of 5 Francs. The pros...
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JOUVENEL, ADOLPHE CHRISTIAN (Belg.). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Lille on the 10th May, 1798, died at Brussels on the 9th September, 1867. He was the son of the Sculptor and Medallist Jean Baptiste Clément Jouvenel, and pupil of Rude. In 1846, Jouvenel undertook the publication of a Series of Portrait-medals of the celebrities of his country. This collection was to comprise a first set of 25 bronze medals of 45 mill, in diameter, to be issued one each month at the price of 5 Francs. The pros...
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JOUVENEL, JEAN BAPTISTE CLEMENT
JOUVENEL, JEAN BAPTISTE CLEMENT (Belg.). Father of Ad. Jouvenel. Sculptor and Medallist, born at Liége in 1773 or 1774. Guioth ascribes four medals to him : 1817. " Jeton de Présence " of the Regency of Antwerp; — 1818, Arms of the Kingdom ; — 1830. Souvenir of the Exhibition of National Industry (jeton) ; — 1846. Medal for the Voluntary Firemen of Tournay; — Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine (sev. var.). On one of this engraver's medals I have noticed the signature : JOUVENEL FILS Bibliography....
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JOUVENEL, JEAN BAPTISTE CLEMENT (Belg.). Father of Ad. Jouvenel. Sculptor and Medallist, born at Liége in 1773 or 1774. Guioth ascribes four medals to him : 1817. " Jeton de Présence " of the Regency of Antwerp; — 1818, Arms of the Kingdom ; — 1830. Souvenir of the Exhibition of National Industry (jeton) ; — 1846. Medal for the Voluntary Firemen of Tournay; — Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine (sev. var.). On one of this engraver's medals I have noticed the signature : JOUVENEL FILS Bibliography....
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