MAC CORMICK, JOHN (Amer.). Assistant-coiner at the Mint of Philadelphia, since June 1890. He was born at Philadelphia (Northern Liberties) and was educated in the North East Grammar School. Bibliography. — Evans, History of the United States Mint, 1892.
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
LORDONNOIS, MARCEL PROSPER
LORDONNOIS, MARCEL PROSPER (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Mouchon, F. Vernon and Kluge. At the Salons of 1896, 1898, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1906 he exhibited several Medals abd Portrait-plaquettes, which display a good taste and technical ability. One of them, that of Mlle Dugat I have seen ; and also one of Mlle Jeanne Cordonnier. At the Salon of 1905, he exhibited : Portrait of Mme M. B*** ; — Mlle M. B. A***; — A. Bassinet, senator; — G. Marion, surgeo...
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LORDONNOIS, MARCEL PROSPER (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Mouchon, F. Vernon and Kluge. At the Salons of 1896, 1898, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1906 he exhibited several Medals abd Portrait-plaquettes, which display a good taste and technical ability. One of them, that of Mlle Dugat I have seen ; and also one of Mlle Jeanne Cordonnier. At the Salon of 1905, he exhibited : Portrait of Mme M. B*** ; — Mlle M. B. A***; — A. Bassinet, senator; — G. Marion, surgeo...
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LORENZ, CARL HEINRICH
LORENZ, CARL HEINRICH (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Berlin on the 24th of August 1810; died in the seventies. He studied first at the Berlin Academy, then at Vienna, visited Italy, and returned to Berlin, where he was working up to 1848, when he obtained employment as Engraver and Medallist to the Mint of Altona, from the Danish government. From 1859 to 1861 he filled the post of Chief Medallist at St. Petersburg, and definitely settled at Hamburg towards the end of 1861. For som...
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LORENZ, CARL HEINRICH (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, born at Berlin on the 24th of August 1810; died in the seventies. He studied first at the Berlin Academy, then at Vienna, visited Italy, and returned to Berlin, where he was working up to 1848, when he obtained employment as Engraver and Medallist to the Mint of Altona, from the Danish government. From 1859 to 1861 he filled the post of Chief Medallist at St. Petersburg, and definitely settled at Hamburg towards the end of 1861. For som...
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LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB
LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB (Germ.). Medallist to the Mint of Hamburg, born at Berlin, 24. June 1845, died 29. August 1887. He was the son of the medallist Carl Heinrich Lorenz, from whom he received his first tuition. From 1864 to 1867, he was a student at the Berlin Royal Academy of Arts, and while residing in the Prussian capital he occasionally worked for the Loos Medallic Mint. He then visited Dresden and was employed there by the Courtmedallist Friedrich Hermann Jahn. By the end of 1868 we find h...
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LORENZ, JOHANN JACOB (Germ.). Medallist to the Mint of Hamburg, born at Berlin, 24. June 1845, died 29. August 1887. He was the son of the medallist Carl Heinrich Lorenz, from whom he received his first tuition. From 1864 to 1867, he was a student at the Berlin Royal Academy of Arts, and while residing in the Prussian capital he occasionally worked for the Loos Medallic Mint. He then visited Dresden and was employed there by the Courtmedallist Friedrich Hermann Jahn. By the end of 1868 we find h...
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LORENZO DE' MEDICI
LORENZO DE' MEDICI, surnamed the Magnificent, Ruler of Florence, 1469-1492, and the greatest Patron of Art that ever lived. He gathered around him all the most renowned painters, sculptors, gem-engravers, literati and poets of his time. At his court at Florence, Michel Angelo essayed the first strokes of his chisel, and many artists, amongst them, Brunelleschi and Donatello, owed their prosperity to the protection of this enlightened Prince. "Laurent", says Müntz (Histoire de l'Art, vol. I, p. 5...
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LORENZO DE' MEDICI, surnamed the Magnificent, Ruler of Florence, 1469-1492, and the greatest Patron of Art that ever lived. He gathered around him all the most renowned painters, sculptors, gem-engravers, literati and poets of his time. At his court at Florence, Michel Angelo essayed the first strokes of his chisel, and many artists, amongst them, Brunelleschi and Donatello, owed their prosperity to the protection of this enlightened Prince. "Laurent", says Müntz (Histoire de l'Art, vol. I, p. 5...
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