KIRKWOOD, ALEXANDER (Brit.). Medallist of the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century, who resided at Edinburgh, where he died on the 6. August,; 1879, at the age of seventyfive, having been born on the 23. August, 1804. From Cochran-Patrick, we learn that he is the author of the following medals : Montrose Medal of Merit (signed : A. KIRKWOOD); — Medals of the Royal Scottish Society of Arts (2 var.); Medal of the Photographic Society of Scotland (R. only); — Medal of the Ayrshire Agricultural Association ; — Medals of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, etc. Alexander Kirkwood was the chief partner of the firm of KIRK WOOD & SON, which is now represented by his son, A. KIRKWOOD.
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
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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KACHEL, LUDWIG
KACHEL, LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Karlsruhe, circa 1826-1874. Some of his medals are signed K, others L. Kachel. In 1834, he was entrusted by the Grand Duke of Baden with the execution of a medal on the consecration of the monument, placed in the chapel of the castle of Pforzheim, in honour of the 400 Pforzheimers who fell at Wimpfen. He is also the author of a medal with portrait of Ludwig, Grand Duke of Baden, and R. the Karlsruhe mint, 1826. A Kronenthaler of Baden, 1836...
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KACHEL, LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist and Mint-engraver at Karlsruhe, circa 1826-1874. Some of his medals are signed K, others L. Kachel. In 1834, he was entrusted by the Grand Duke of Baden with the execution of a medal on the consecration of the monument, placed in the chapel of the castle of Pforzheim, in honour of the 400 Pforzheimers who fell at Wimpfen. He is also the author of a medal with portrait of Ludwig, Grand Duke of Baden, and R. the Karlsruhe mint, 1826. A Kronenthaler of Baden, 1836...
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KAMM, JEAN DANIEL
KAMM, JEAN DANIEL (French). Die-sinker of Strassburg, end of the eighteenth century, (circ. 1768-1790). His signature KAMM. F. occurs on a variety of the medal struck in commemoration of the election of Philippe Frederic Dietrich, First Mayor of Strassburg, 5. February 1790, and also on the following : Mausoleum of the Marshal de Saxe, in St. Thomas Church, Strassburg; — Portraitmedal of J. B. Schoepflin, 1771 ; — Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Strassburg, 1748, &c. Bibliography. — Hennin, Histo...
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KAMM, JEAN DANIEL (French). Die-sinker of Strassburg, end of the eighteenth century, (circ. 1768-1790). His signature KAMM. F. occurs on a variety of the medal struck in commemoration of the election of Philippe Frederic Dietrich, First Mayor of Strassburg, 5. February 1790, and also on the following : Mausoleum of the Marshal de Saxe, in St. Thomas Church, Strassburg; — Portraitmedal of J. B. Schoepflin, 1771 ; — Exhibition of a Rhinoceros at Strassburg, 1748, &c. Bibliography. — Hennin, Histo...
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