MACKWORTH, SIR HUMPHREY (Brit.). Owner of silver mines in Wales, temp. Anne. Some of the current money of that reign, with plumes on the R., was struck from silver derived from the Welsh mines of Sir Carberry Price and Sir Humphrey Mackworth. " An order of Council of 5th of April, 1706, directed that money coined from silver brought into the mint by the Governor and Company for melting down lead with Pitcoale and Seacoale should have the mark of distinction on each piece as represented in their petition, i. e., roses and plumes alternately. The coins with the plumes were frequently called Quakers' money, because the company by which the mines were worked comprised among its members many persons of that denomination. " Bibliography. — Hawkins, Silver Coins of England, 1887, p. 399.
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
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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LORIEUX, JULIEN
LORIEUX, JULIEN (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born in Paris; pupil of Alphée Dubois and Georges Lemaire. He has been very successful, and his exhibits at the Salons since 1899 have met with approval from the best critics. His medallic productions are not numerous. I have only noticed : Vierge (14 mill.); — Premi?re Communion (Plaquette without R.); — St. Sebastian (illustrated). — The Villager and the Serpent (the last two executed in commission for the firm of Arthus Bertrand e...
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LORIEUX, JULIEN (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, born in Paris; pupil of Alphée Dubois and Georges Lemaire. He has been very successful, and his exhibits at the Salons since 1899 have met with approval from the best critics. His medallic productions are not numerous. I have only noticed : Vierge (14 mill.); — Premi?re Communion (Plaquette without R.); — St. Sebastian (illustrated). — The Villager and the Serpent (the last two executed in commission for the firm of Arthus Bertrand e...
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LORTHIOR
LORTHIOR, or LORTHIOIR, PIERRE JOSEPH (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Lille on the 22. January 1733, became " Engraver to the King" in 1776, and died at Paris on the 8th of March 1813, at the age of eighty. He is the author of a number of medals and jetons, also medallions and plaquettes "of elegant design and fine execution ", and he took part in 1791 in the competition for the coinage. He was especially clever as an Engraver of seals and gaming counters, and produced some good work i...
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LORTHIOR, or LORTHIOIR, PIERRE JOSEPH (French). Sculptor and Medallist, born at Lille on the 22. January 1733, became " Engraver to the King" in 1776, and died at Paris on the 8th of March 1813, at the age of eighty. He is the author of a number of medals and jetons, also medallions and plaquettes "of elegant design and fine execution ", and he took part in 1791 in the competition for the coinage. He was especially clever as an Engraver of seals and gaming counters, and produced some good work i...
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LÖSCH, FRANZ XAVER
LÖSCH, FRANZ XAVER or JOSEPH (Germ.). Medallist, born in 1770 at Amberg, died in 1826; pupil of J. G. Whitska. He resided at Munich, and, says Bolzenthal, "was much employed by the Bavarian Court, and one of the first who in Germany exercised the art in fine taste and after the example of the French in the old style. His numerous productions prove this ; they chiefly refer to events in the reign of King Maximilian Joseph. " He was appointed Chief-engraver at the Mint of Munich in 1808. In 1810 h...
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LÖSCH, FRANZ XAVER or JOSEPH (Germ.). Medallist, born in 1770 at Amberg, died in 1826; pupil of J. G. Whitska. He resided at Munich, and, says Bolzenthal, "was much employed by the Bavarian Court, and one of the first who in Germany exercised the art in fine taste and after the example of the French in the old style. His numerous productions prove this ; they chiefly refer to events in the reign of King Maximilian Joseph. " He was appointed Chief-engraver at the Mint of Munich in 1808. In 1810 h...
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