KIRK, JOHN (Brit.). A London Medallist and Gem-engraver of the second half of the eighteenth century, born in 1724, by whom are a number of medals and medalets. He wasa pupil of James Anthony Dassier, and received premiums from the Society of Arts. With A. Kirk he lived in St. Paul's Churchyard, where he died on the 27th of November 1776. His signature occurs as : I. KIRK F.; — KIRK ; — KIRK FEC. ; — I. KIRK ; — KIRK FEC. John Kirk's best known works are : Medals. Edward VI., Christ's Hospital's Medalet ; — Prize Medal of St. Saviour's School, Southwark ; — Medal of the Order of Shakespearians, 1777 ; — Sir Hugh Myddelton, † 1631 (a modern production attributed to Kirk by Franks and Grueber) ; — Inigo Jones, † 1652 (" This piece is well executed, as a study, by John Kirk, who afterwards attained considerable eminence ") ; — Elizabeth Cleypole,† 1658 (2 var.) ; — Cromwell, † 1658; — John Milton, † 1674; — Bishop Berkeley's Premium Medal ;— 1740. Portraitmedal of George II. (signed : I. KIRK. F. AETATE. 16.) Mr. Grueber observes : " This is one of the earliest known works of John Kirk. It was executed probably as a trial of his proficiency about the year 1740, when the young head ceased to appear upon the coinage of George II.; — Sir John Barnard, 1744; — Recapture of Prague, 1744, with Bust of Prince Charles of Lorraine (3var.); — Capture of the Spanish ships, the Marquis d'Antin and the Lewis Erasmus, 1745 ; — Medal of the Loyal Association, 1745 (signed : I. KIRK F. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD) ; — Repulse of the Rebels by the Duke of Cumberland, 1745 (R. only ; 2 varieties) ; — Others, on the same event (2 var.); — Battle of Culloden, 1746; — Another, on the same event (obv. only) ; — Medal of the Tuesday Club of Annapolis ; — George II. and the Duke of Cumberland, a counter (several varieties) ; — Frederick and Augusta, Prince and Princess of Wales, a counter ; — William Duke of Cumberland (3 var. of Counters) ; — Augusta, Princess of Wales, a series of Counters unsigned (Med. Ill., pp. 623-626, nos 299-310); — William, Prince of Orange, Stadholder, 1747; — Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, proclaimed, 2. Feb. 1749 (2 var. ; one unsigned); — Death of Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1751; — Free Britisn Fishery Society, 1751 ; — Louisburg taken, 1758 (illustrated); — Battle of Minden, 1759; — Death of General Wolfe, 1759 (from a wax model by Gosset, illustrated, Vol. II, p. 301) ; — George II., Portrait-medalet, 1760; — Accession of George III., Oct. 26, 1760 (illustrated); — John Murray, Third Duke of Athol, 1774 ; — William Murray, Earl of Mansfield, 1777 (from a model by Gosset) ; — Prize Medal of the Dumfries Society for Encouragement of Agriculture, 1776; — Tribute to David Garrick, 1772; — Memorial Medal of David Garrick, 1773; — David Garrick's retirement, 1776; — Memorial Medal of the Marquis of Granby, 1774 (illustrated); — John Harrison, The Armagh Library founded, 1771 (after Tassie); — Benjamin Hoadley, Bishop of Winchester, 1676-1761, Memorial Medal, 1761 ; — Henry, Second Earl Bathurst, 1714-1794; — Erection of the New Hall of the Six Clerks' Office, 1776 (after Gosset) ; — The Earl of Camden appointed Lord Chancellor, 1766 (1 var.) ; — Memorial Medal of Lord Camden, 1773; — William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham, Memorial Medal, 1778 ; — Marriage of George III. with Queen Charlotte, 8. September, and Coronation, 22. September, 1761 ; — To the Immortality of the Order of Free Masons, London, 1766; — William Beckford; — Frederick, Baron North, First Lord of the Treasury, 1776 (?) (after Gosset); — Various Prize Medals, &c. ; — Medical Society of London, 1773 ; — Linnaeus ; &c. ; The Grafton Medal, 1788; — Hugh Percy, Duke of Northumberland, 1766 (2 var.) ; — Church and State Medal, 1774; — Gems. Copy of Marchant's bust of Susanna, after the statue by Fiamingo ; — Bust of George II. ; — Bust of George III. ; — Prince Ernest of Mecklenburg ; — Mrs Claypole; — Gosset, the famous modeller in wax ; — Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1773 ; — Lord Chancellor York ; — Female head, a study, after Tassie, &c. There is also a large series of medalets (in silver and in bronze) bearing portraits of distinguished persons. Amongst the Tassie Gems there is one representing a Female portrait, taken from a medallion engraved by Kirk. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Franks and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland. London, 1885. — Cochran- Patrick, Medals of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1885. — H. A. Grueber, Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals, 1891. — Marvin, Masonic Medals, Boston, 1880. — Betts, American Colonial History illustrated by Contemporary Medals. New York, 1894. — Leroux, Médaillier du Canada.
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
JOUY
JOUY (French). Sculptor and Gem-engraver of the fourth quarter of the eighteenth century. He took part in the exhibition of the Royal Academy of 1793. Chavignerie quotes the following works by this artist, who held the title of Sculptor and Gem-engraver to Monsieur, the King's brother : 1774, Portrait of Henry IV., carnelian; — Another, cut in onyx; — Cerberus chained by Hercules, carnelian ; — Head of Minerva, &c. M. Babelon remarks that posterity has done well to forget Jouy's work. Bibliograp...
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JOUY (French). Sculptor and Gem-engraver of the fourth quarter of the eighteenth century. He took part in the exhibition of the Royal Academy of 1793. Chavignerie quotes the following works by this artist, who held the title of Sculptor and Gem-engraver to Monsieur, the King's brother : 1774, Portrait of Henry IV., carnelian; — Another, cut in onyx; — Cerberus chained by Hercules, carnelian ; — Head of Minerva, &c. M. Babelon remarks that posterity has done well to forget Jouy's work. Bibliograp...
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JOY, ALBERT BRUCE
JOY, ALBERT BRUCE- (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Dublin, who from time to time has exhibited Medals and Portrait-plaques at the Royal Academy : 1897. Mrs Bruce-Joy; — Frank Griffin, of New York; — 1898. Elspeth, daughter of Lord Archibald Campbell; — 1899. Miss Elspeth Campbell, medallion in silver; — The late Archbishop of Canterbury; — 1901. T. Cyril Bruce Joy, plaque in silver (illustrated in The Studio, XXIV, p. 58); — 1903- Major-General Sir Edward Hutton, K. C. M. G...
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JOY, ALBERT BRUCE- (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Dublin, who from time to time has exhibited Medals and Portrait-plaques at the Royal Academy : 1897. Mrs Bruce-Joy; — Frank Griffin, of New York; — 1898. Elspeth, daughter of Lord Archibald Campbell; — 1899. Miss Elspeth Campbell, medallion in silver; — The late Archbishop of Canterbury; — 1901. T. Cyril Bruce Joy, plaque in silver (illustrated in The Studio, XXIV, p. 58); — 1903- Major-General Sir Edward Hutton, K. C. M. G...
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JUDIN, SAMUEL
JUDIN, SAMUEL or SAMOILA (Russ.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. Nagler erroneously places the date of his activity between 1704 and 1740, and gives his signature as S. IOU. or S. IU. Iversen calls him SAMUEL JUDITSCH, and says that he was born in 1730 at St. Petersburg, and was still living in 1800, when he was in receipt of a pension. He entered the School of Engraving at the St. Petersburg Mint in 1741 , and in 1762 we find both Judin and Iwanoff as official Medallis...
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JUDIN, SAMUEL or SAMOILA (Russ.). Medallist of the second half of the eighteenth century. Nagler erroneously places the date of his activity between 1704 and 1740, and gives his signature as S. IOU. or S. IU. Iversen calls him SAMUEL JUDITSCH, and says that he was born in 1730 at St. Petersburg, and was still living in 1800, when he was in receipt of a pension. He entered the School of Engraving at the St. Petersburg Mint in 1741 , and in 1762 we find both Judin and Iwanoff as official Medallis...
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JUNIO THALATIONI, C.
JUNIO THALATIONI, C. (Roman). Probably a Seal and Gem engraver, who also cut coin-dies, during the first century B.C. The Rev. Hands in an article published in Spink's Numismatic Circular , col. 2899 on "The Denarii of the Roman Republic considered as specimens of art" remarks : "From the similarity of work on the seals and the coins we are led to expect that both kinds of work were undertaken by the same craftsmen or artists and this is confirmed by certain inscriptions quoted in Facciolati Le...
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JUNIO THALATIONI, C. (Roman). Probably a Seal and Gem engraver, who also cut coin-dies, during the first century B.C. The Rev. Hands in an article published in Spink's Numismatic Circular , col. 2899 on "The Denarii of the Roman Republic considered as specimens of art" remarks : "From the similarity of work on the seals and the coins we are led to expect that both kinds of work were undertaken by the same craftsmen or artists and this is confirmed by certain inscriptions quoted in Facciolati Le...
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