LAING, HENRY (Brit.). Son of the last; was born in London in 1803. At the age of about fourteen he was apprenticed to William Tassie, under whom he acquired a knowledge of drawing and modelling, and imbibed that love for art and archaeology which became the master passion of his life. He remained some eight years with Tassie ; and then entered into partnership with Daniel Newton Crouch, a Seal-engraver in London, whose sister he atterwards married. About 1829 he settled in Edinburgh as a Gemengraver and maker of glass seals which were then in great demand ; and, according to a writer in 'Notes and Queries' for 25th May 1861, he was accustomed to supply ' block seals, as well as the enamel casts, and, indeed, everything of the kind which Tassie either made or sold '. He executed a few medallion-portraits in wax from the life, among these, one of his wife, modelled about 1826". H. Laing Junior, who died in 1883, will perhaps best be remembered as the compiler of two volumes of Ancient Scottish Seals, 1850 and 1866. Bibliography. — John M. Gray, James and William Tassie, Edinburgh, 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
KORN, FERDINAND
KORN, FERDINAND (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was born at Mayence, circa 1825-1830; worked as Engraver at the Düsseldorf Mint, then at Mayence, previous to 1855 ; nominated Chief-engraver at Berne, by the Swiss Federal Council, on the 16th of March 1855; Director of the Swiss Federal Mint, 1. April 1858 to 1. April 1859; Mint-master and Chief-engraver at Wiesbaden, and Medallist to the Government of the Duchy of Nassau, 1859-1866. During hi...
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KORN, FERDINAND (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver of the second half of the nineteenth century. He was born at Mayence, circa 1825-1830; worked as Engraver at the Düsseldorf Mint, then at Mayence, previous to 1855 ; nominated Chief-engraver at Berne, by the Swiss Federal Council, on the 16th of March 1855; Director of the Swiss Federal Mint, 1. April 1858 to 1. April 1859; Mint-master and Chief-engraver at Wiesbaden, and Medallist to the Government of the Duchy of Nassau, 1859-1866. During hi...
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KÖRNLEIN, JOHANN NICOLAUS
KÖRNLEIN, JOHANN NICOLAUS (Germ.). Mint-engraver at Ratisbon, and Medallist there, 1758-1801.. His signature on medals occurs as : I. N. K; — I. N. KOERNLEIN. F. R. ; — KÖRNLEIN, &c. By him are: " Archery" medallic Thaler, 1763; — Medallic Gulden, 1763, obv. MEMORIAE. PACIS TERRA &c.; — Marriage of Joseph II. with Princess Josepha of Bavaria, 1765 ; — Conv. Thaler of Joseph Conrad, Bishop of Freising (1790-1803); — Anton Ignaz, Count Fugger, Bishop of Ratisbon, 1786; — Medallic Thaler of Ratisbo...
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KÖRNLEIN, JOHANN NICOLAUS (Germ.). Mint-engraver at Ratisbon, and Medallist there, 1758-1801.. His signature on medals occurs as : I. N. K; — I. N. KOERNLEIN. F. R. ; — KÖRNLEIN, &c. By him are: " Archery" medallic Thaler, 1763; — Medallic Gulden, 1763, obv. MEMORIAE. PACIS TERRA &c.; — Marriage of Joseph II. with Princess Josepha of Bavaria, 1765 ; — Conv. Thaler of Joseph Conrad, Bishop of Freising (1790-1803); — Anton Ignaz, Count Fugger, Bishop of Ratisbon, 1786; — Medallic Thaler of Ratisbo...
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KORNMANN, JOHANN, J.
KORNMANN, JOHANN, J. ; also CORMANO, GIOVANNI JACOBO (Germ.). Goldsmith, Wax-modeller, and Medallist of Augsburg, of the seventeenth century, who worked at Venice and Rome, during the latter part of his life, for several Cardinals, and Popes Urban VIII. and Innocent X., 1630-1650. We read the following notice of the artist in Bolzenthal : " A much greater celebrity is attached to the name of Johann Kornmann on whom Nature had liberally bestowed her favours. He was born at Augsburg, but inspired ...
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KORNMANN, JOHANN, J. ; also CORMANO, GIOVANNI JACOBO (Germ.). Goldsmith, Wax-modeller, and Medallist of Augsburg, of the seventeenth century, who worked at Venice and Rome, during the latter part of his life, for several Cardinals, and Popes Urban VIII. and Innocent X., 1630-1650. We read the following notice of the artist in Bolzenthal : " A much greater celebrity is attached to the name of Johann Kornmann on whom Nature had liberally bestowed her favours. He was born at Augsburg, but inspired ...
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KOSIN, NICOLAUS
KOSIN, NICOLAUS (Russ.). Mint-engraver, and Medallist at St. Petersburg, circa 1850; he died in 1867. His productions are usually signed : H. K. Iversen states that Kosin was educated at the Technical Mining School of the St. Petersburg Technological Institute, and was appointed Medallist to the St. Petersburg Mint at the end of the forties. In 1855 he became an Academician. A medal on the Transfer of the University to the Building of the twelve Colleges, at St. Petersburg, 1838. I have also se...
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KOSIN, NICOLAUS (Russ.). Mint-engraver, and Medallist at St. Petersburg, circa 1850; he died in 1867. His productions are usually signed : H. K. Iversen states that Kosin was educated at the Technical Mining School of the St. Petersburg Technological Institute, and was appointed Medallist to the St. Petersburg Mint at the end of the forties. In 1855 he became an Academician. A medal on the Transfer of the University to the Building of the twelve Colleges, at St. Petersburg, 1838. I have also se...
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