MACPHAIL, NEIL (Brit.). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist, residing at Glasgow. His signature : N. MACPHAIL SC. occurs on the following medals : Dr William Cullen ; — Dr William Hunter; — John Hunter; — John Black (all four are medals of the Faculty of Medicine of Glasgow University) ; — Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy Prize Medal, with bust of Haldane; — Prize Medals of the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland, comprizing the "Institution Medal"; the " Marine Engineering Medal"; the " Railway Engineering Medal" in gold, and the "Graduate Section Medal" in silver; — The National Wallace Monument, near Stirling, founded 24. June 1861; — Medal commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Volunteer Movement in Scotland, 1881 (signed : NEIL MACPHAIL SC — NOEL PATON INV.) ; — Sir Humphrey Davy; — Royal Society of London Medal, etc. Bibliography. — R. W. Cochran-Patrick, Medals of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1884.
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
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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LOVETT, GEORGE HAMPDEN
LOVETT, GEORGE HAMPDEN (Amer.). Medallist, born at Philadelphia, February 14, 1824, died at Brooklyn, January 28, 1894. The following particulars of this Engraver's life are borrowed from Mr. W. E. Weeks' obituary notice in Amer. Joum. of Numismatics, April 1894, p. 104. “ When still an infant, Lovett's father moved to New York, and there the artist spent the greater part of his life. His father, Robert Lovett, and his brothers John D., and Robert, all of whom he outlived, were die-sinkers. Afte...
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LOVETT, GEORGE HAMPDEN (Amer.). Medallist, born at Philadelphia, February 14, 1824, died at Brooklyn, January 28, 1894. The following particulars of this Engraver's life are borrowed from Mr. W. E. Weeks' obituary notice in Amer. Joum. of Numismatics, April 1894, p. 104. “ When still an infant, Lovett's father moved to New York, and there the artist spent the greater part of his life. His father, Robert Lovett, and his brothers John D., and Robert, all of whom he outlived, were die-sinkers. Afte...
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