LAURENTIUS (LORENZ), LUKAS (Germ.). Mint-warden at Bernstadt 1681, 1696, and later at Öls. His initials occur on coins of 1677, 1694-1699. Bibliography. — Schlesiens Vorzeit in Bild und Schrift, VII, 65.
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
LAGIER, JEAN FRANCOIS
LAGIER, JEAN FRANCOIS (French). Mint-engraver at Lyons, II. August 1656 to 25. July 1675. On a document of 1656, Pierre Carrand, Mint-assayer at Lyons declares " cognoistre ledict Lagier puis quelques années qu'il l'a veu travailler soit dans la monnoye de cette ville soit ailleurs ? forger, travailler et graver. " Lagier engraved also some jetons of the Consulate ; one of them, dated 1659, executed for the provost Francois de Baillon, bears on one side Louis XIV., facing, riding on horseback, l...
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LAGIER, JEAN FRANCOIS (French). Mint-engraver at Lyons, II. August 1656 to 25. July 1675. On a document of 1656, Pierre Carrand, Mint-assayer at Lyons declares " cognoistre ledict Lagier puis quelques années qu'il l'a veu travailler soit dans la monnoye de cette ville soit ailleurs ? forger, travailler et graver. " Lagier engraved also some jetons of the Consulate ; one of them, dated 1659, executed for the provost Francois de Baillon, bears on one side Louis XIV., facing, riding on horseback, l...
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LAGRANGE, JEAN
LAGRANGE, JEAN (French). Medallist, Gem- and Coin-engraver, born at Lyons, on the 6th of November 1831. Pupil of V. Vibert, H. Flandrin, and J. Perrault; entered the Ecole des Beaux- Arts, 8. October 1857; First Grand Prix de Rome for medal-engraving, 1861 (subject : A warrior placing palm-branch on altar of Mars) ; Medal of the Third Class, 1874; and of the Second Class, 1879; Knight of the Legion of Honour. Between 1880 and 1896, Lagrange was Chief-engraver at the Paris Mint; his issues bear f...
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LAGRANGE, JEAN (French). Medallist, Gem- and Coin-engraver, born at Lyons, on the 6th of November 1831. Pupil of V. Vibert, H. Flandrin, and J. Perrault; entered the Ecole des Beaux- Arts, 8. October 1857; First Grand Prix de Rome for medal-engraving, 1861 (subject : A warrior placing palm-branch on altar of Mars) ; Medal of the Third Class, 1874; and of the Second Class, 1879; Knight of the Legion of Honour. Between 1880 and 1896, Lagrange was Chief-engraver at the Paris Mint; his issues bear f...
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LAILLIER, ETIENNE
LAILLIER, ETIENNE (French). Mint-master at Chalons-sur-Marne, circ. 1423-1425, under Henry VI. of England. The following coins were issued at that Mint, and bear a crescent as mint-mark : Al. Salutes and Angelots (none yet found); AR. Blancs and Petits Blancs; billon, Deniers Tournois. Bibliography. — R. Serrure, Dictionnaire géographique de l' Histoire monétaire de la France, Paris, 1887, p. 160. — De Saulcy, Histoire numismatique de Henri V et Henri VI, rois d'Angleterre, pendant qu'ils ont ré...
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LAILLIER, ETIENNE (French). Mint-master at Chalons-sur-Marne, circ. 1423-1425, under Henry VI. of England. The following coins were issued at that Mint, and bear a crescent as mint-mark : Al. Salutes and Angelots (none yet found); AR. Blancs and Petits Blancs; billon, Deniers Tournois. Bibliography. — R. Serrure, Dictionnaire géographique de l' Histoire monétaire de la France, Paris, 1887, p. 160. — De Saulcy, Histoire numismatique de Henri V et Henri VI, rois d'Angleterre, pendant qu'ils ont ré...
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LAING, HENRY (2.)
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 Gemengr...
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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 Gemengr...
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