LEONARD C. WYON. A London Medallist of the nineteenth century. Bibliography. — Schlickeysen-Pallmann, op. cit.
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
LAVÉE, ADOLPHE JULES
LAVÉE, ADOLPHE JULES (French). Contemporary Medallist, born at Morlaix (Finist?re); pupil of Degeorge and Dantzell. He formerly worked for many years for M. Desaide, the medal-publisher. At the Salon of 1881 he exhibited a medal, Art & Industry R. Arms of Tours ; — in 1881, Portrait of M. Thomas, senior member of Paris public notaries, and a Prize-medal for Rifle Clubs; — 1883 . Nautical Medal; — Prize Medal for Athletic Sports; — 1884. Inauguration of the Railway of the Asturias; — Medal of the...
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LAVÉE, ADOLPHE JULES (French). Contemporary Medallist, born at Morlaix (Finist?re); pupil of Degeorge and Dantzell. He formerly worked for many years for M. Desaide, the medal-publisher. At the Salon of 1881 he exhibited a medal, Art & Industry R. Arms of Tours ; — in 1881, Portrait of M. Thomas, senior member of Paris public notaries, and a Prize-medal for Rifle Clubs; — 1883 . Nautical Medal; — Prize Medal for Athletic Sports; — 1884. Inauguration of the Railway of the Asturias; — Medal of the...
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LAVY, AMADEO
LAVY, AMADEO (Ital.). Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Turin, circ. 1796-1826 ; a son of Lorenzo Lavy and brother of Carlo Lavy, who were both employed in the same capacity at the Turin Mint. Amadeo Lavy usually signed his coins or medals either A. LAVY or A. L., and I believe those signed LAVY only are the work of his brother Carlo, or of the two in conjunction, as the Pattern Five Franc piece of BONAPARTE, PREMIER CONSUL, of An XI. The earliest piece bearing Amadeo's signature is the gold Maren...
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LAVY, AMADEO (Ital.). Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Turin, circ. 1796-1826 ; a son of Lorenzo Lavy and brother of Carlo Lavy, who were both employed in the same capacity at the Turin Mint. Amadeo Lavy usually signed his coins or medals either A. LAVY or A. L., and I believe those signed LAVY only are the work of his brother Carlo, or of the two in conjunction, as the Pattern Five Franc piece of BONAPARTE, PREMIER CONSUL, of An XI. The earliest piece bearing Amadeo's signature is the gold Maren...
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LAVY, CARLO
LAVY, CARLO (ltal.). Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Turin, born in 1765, died in 1813 ;a brother of Amadeo Lavy. He was appointed to the Mint in 1789, but after the French invasion of the Piedmontese territory and the constitution of the Cisalpine Republic, his brother Amadeo was entrusted with the cutting of the coindies, at the Turin Mint, 1801. Carlo Lavy executed several medals from designs by the painter Appiani, some of which celebrate Napoleon I. The two brothers sent in An XI (1803) a p...
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LAVY, CARLO (ltal.). Medallist, and Mint-engraver at Turin, born in 1765, died in 1813 ;a brother of Amadeo Lavy. He was appointed to the Mint in 1789, but after the French invasion of the Piedmontese territory and the constitution of the Cisalpine Republic, his brother Amadeo was entrusted with the cutting of the coindies, at the Turin Mint, 1801. Carlo Lavy executed several medals from designs by the painter Appiani, some of which celebrate Napoleon I. The two brothers sent in An XI (1803) a p...
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LAW
LAW (Brit.). Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. The following works bear his signature: Head of Bacchant, carnelian; — Head of Herakles, carnelian ; — Head of Medusa ; — Head of Socrates ; — A term of Xenophon crowned with laurel; — Head of Lucretia, emerald; — Head of Seneca ; — Head of Julia, daughter of Titus, sapphire ; — Cameo, with head of Antinoüs ; — Bust of And. Marvel, Scotch poet ; — Cameo, bust of Sir Walter Raleigh ; — Cameo, bust of G...
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LAW (Brit.). Gem-engraver of the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. The following works bear his signature: Head of Bacchant, carnelian; — Head of Herakles, carnelian ; — Head of Medusa ; — Head of Socrates ; — A term of Xenophon crowned with laurel; — Head of Lucretia, emerald; — Head of Seneca ; — Head of Julia, daughter of Titus, sapphire ; — Cameo, with head of Antinoüs ; — Bust of And. Marvel, Scotch poet ; — Cameo, bust of Sir Walter Raleigh ; — Cameo, bust of G...
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