KIRKWOOD & SON (Brit.). This firm has long been connected with medallic work in Edinburgh. The great-grandfather of the present representative and his grandfather were both well-known engravers ". (Cochran-Patrick, Medals of Scotland, p. 268). Henry Kirkwood, the author of the Watt Medal, and his brother, Alexander, 1804- 1879, are the best known Medallists of the family. The signature KIRKWOOD & SON or A. KIRKWOOD & SON to which is added sometimes EDINR. occurs on the following medals enumer ated by Cochran-Patrick: Alexander Kirkwood Senr, 1804-1879 ; — The Robert Wilson Memorial Prize; — Medal of George Heriot's Hospital ; — Opening of St. Giles Church, Edinburgh, 1883; — Visit of the Queen and Prince Consort to Edinburgh, 1842; — Medal of the Photographic Society of Scotland ; — Medal of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society ; — Medal of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Animals; — Medal of the University of Aberdeen, 1884; — Unveiling of the Tannahill Statue, Paisley, 1883 (signed : K& S); — Jubilee of the Caledonian Youths' Society, Musselburgh, 1877; — Medal of the Caithness Industrial Exhibition, 1868; — Medal of the Argyllshire Gathering ; — Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 1884 (several varieties); — Montrose Medal of Merit; — Medals of the Royal Caledonian Club, with curling scenes (sev. var.) ; — — The " George Glennie " Golf Medal (3 var.) ; — Medal for Winners at the Game of Quoits; — Volunteer Medals (sev. var.); Dog Show at Frankfort-on-Main, 1878 ; — 700th Anniversary of the Mayoralty ofLondon, 1889; — Minto House School of Medicine, Edinburgh; — Surgeons' Hall School of Medicine, Edinburgh; School of Medicine, Edinburgh ; — Dr Sir Geo. H. B. Macleod, Glasgow; — Medical college for Women at Edinburgh; — Marshall St. School of Medicine, — Medical Dept., Victoria wing, Edinburgh Hospital ; — Medal of the Dobbie-Smith wings at Edinburgh and Glasgow Medical Schools ; — Bathgate Medal; — Princess Charlotte, and others. Bibliography. — R. W. Cochran-Patrick, Catalogue of the Medals of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1894. — C. Welch, Numismata Londinensia, 1894.
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
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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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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