LAPAIX, THOMAS (French). Engraver of Jetons, also at Nancy, born in 1704, died 11. July 1773.
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
KÜCHLER, CONRAD HEINRICH
KÜCHLER, CONRAD HEINRICH (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver of the last quarter of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. The precise dates of his birth and death I have been unable to ascertain. He was a native of Flanders, appears to have worked at first in Germany as Die-sinker at Darmstadt, 1763- 1772, Mannheim, 1766, and Frankfort-on-M., 1775, then in France, and probably came over to England about 1790, where for many years, perhaps until 1806, he was employed by Boulto...
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KÜCHLER, CONRAD HEINRICH (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver of the last quarter of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. The precise dates of his birth and death I have been unable to ascertain. He was a native of Flanders, appears to have worked at first in Germany as Die-sinker at Darmstadt, 1763- 1772, Mannheim, 1766, and Frankfort-on-M., 1775, then in France, and probably came over to England about 1790, where for many years, perhaps until 1806, he was employed by Boulto...
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KULLRICH, WILHELM
KULLRICH, WILHELM (Germ.). Royal Prussian Court-and first Mint-medallist; born at Dahme, on December 18, 1821 ; died at Berlin on the 1st of September, 1887; pupil of his father, the medallist Karl Fischer, and the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts, he was obliged early to earn his living, and entered first the Die-sinking works of G. Loos, then came to London, where he was for some time employed by Wyon (1850), and made short stays at Brussels and Paris (1853), Munich and Switzerland (1855). In 1859 ...
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KULLRICH, WILHELM (Germ.). Royal Prussian Court-and first Mint-medallist; born at Dahme, on December 18, 1821 ; died at Berlin on the 1st of September, 1887; pupil of his father, the medallist Karl Fischer, and the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts, he was obliged early to earn his living, and entered first the Die-sinking works of G. Loos, then came to London, where he was for some time employed by Wyon (1850), and made short stays at Brussels and Paris (1853), Munich and Switzerland (1855). In 1859 ...
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KÜNER
KÜNER (Amer.). Engraver of the two rare Pattern 20 and 10 Dollar pieces of British Columbia, 1862, a specimen of each of which is in the National Collection ; the only other two known were in the Murdoch Collection and sold for ? 116 and € 53 respectively. Those in the British Museum were presented by F. Seymour, Governor of British Columbia, in 1864. Al. 20 Dollars. Obv. GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. A royal crown. R. 20 DOLLARS 1862 in three lines within oak-wreath; edge grained. Al. 10 Doll...
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KÜNER (Amer.). Engraver of the two rare Pattern 20 and 10 Dollar pieces of British Columbia, 1862, a specimen of each of which is in the National Collection ; the only other two known were in the Murdoch Collection and sold for ? 116 and € 53 respectively. Those in the British Museum were presented by F. Seymour, Governor of British Columbia, in 1864. Al. 20 Dollars. Obv. GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. A royal crown. R. 20 DOLLARS 1862 in three lines within oak-wreath; edge grained. Al. 10 Doll...
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KUTSCHKIN, MICHAEL
KUTSCHKIN, MICHAEL (Russ.). Medallist of St. Petersburg, 1845-1872. He signed his productions M.K. or P.?.K. He was apprenticed at the Technical School of the Mining and Technological Institute of St. Petersburg ; appointed Medallist to the St. Petersburg Mint in 1845. By him are the following copies of earlier medals : Peace of Carlowitz, 1690; — Capture of Riga, 1710; — Naval Victory of Tweremünde, 1714; — Capture of four Swedish Frigates at Grönhamn, 1720; — Building of a Foundling Hospital a...
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KUTSCHKIN, MICHAEL (Russ.). Medallist of St. Petersburg, 1845-1872. He signed his productions M.K. or P.?.K. He was apprenticed at the Technical School of the Mining and Technological Institute of St. Petersburg ; appointed Medallist to the St. Petersburg Mint in 1845. By him are the following copies of earlier medals : Peace of Carlowitz, 1690; — Capture of Riga, 1710; — Naval Victory of Tweremünde, 1714; — Capture of four Swedish Frigates at Grönhamn, 1720; — Building of a Foundling Hospital a...
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