MAPPIN & WEBB (Brit.). Silversmiths of Sheffield and London, published various medals, among them, one of the University of Durham, College of Medicine, two varieties of which are in the Boston collection.
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
LUNDERBERG, LAWRENCE D.
LUNDERBERG, LAWRENCE D. (Swed.). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. He resided at Stockholm, and is the author of some medals : Charles (afterwards Earl) Grey, M. P., 1801 (signed : LUNDERBERG); — Medal of the Historical and Archaeological Society of Sweden, 1801 ; — Return of King Charles XIII. from the Riksdag at Örebro, 18. October 1810; — New year's Medalet (1800); — Dr Lorenz Gabriel Branting; — Dr. Frans Joaquim von Aken, apothecary, of Örebro,...
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LUNDERBERG, LAWRENCE D. (Swed.). Medallist of the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. He resided at Stockholm, and is the author of some medals : Charles (afterwards Earl) Grey, M. P., 1801 (signed : LUNDERBERG); — Medal of the Historical and Archaeological Society of Sweden, 1801 ; — Return of King Charles XIII. from the Riksdag at Örebro, 18. October 1810; — New year's Medalet (1800); — Dr Lorenz Gabriel Branting; — Dr. Frans Joaquim von Aken, apothecary, of Örebro,...
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LUNDGREN, LGDWIG PETERSSEN
LUNDGREN, LGDWIG PETERSSEN (Swed.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, and Mint-engraver at Stockholm, circ. 1818- 1853. He died about 1854, the year in which his daughter, Leah Ahlborn, succeeded to his post at the Mint, and he was born towards the end of the eighteenth century. Besides engraving dies for the coinage of King Oscar I., Lundgren produced a large number of medals, some of which rank very high among contemporaneous works. They are signed in various forms : L. P....
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LUNDGREN, LGDWIG PETERSSEN (Swed.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, and Mint-engraver at Stockholm, circ. 1818- 1853. He died about 1854, the year in which his daughter, Leah Ahlborn, succeeded to his post at the Mint, and he was born towards the end of the eighteenth century. Besides engraving dies for the coinage of King Oscar I., Lundgren produced a large number of medals, some of which rank very high among contemporaneous works. They are signed in various forms : L. P....
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LÜNEN, HERBART VON
LÜNEN, HERBART VON (Germ.). A native of Oldenburg, and Mint-engraver at Dresden, circ. 1605-1616, and Medallist there until about 1626. He signed his productions H. V. L. or H. V. L. F. The coins issued at Dresden between 1605 and 16 16 are mostly the work of this Engraver, who was succeeded in 1616 by Ruprecht Niclas Kitzkatz, and among his medals are : Medal of John George I., Prince Elector of Saxony, obv. PRO LEGE ET GREGE. Prince on horseback R. SCOPVS VIT? ME? CHRISTVS (signed : H. V. L.);...
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LÜNEN, HERBART VON (Germ.). A native of Oldenburg, and Mint-engraver at Dresden, circ. 1605-1616, and Medallist there until about 1626. He signed his productions H. V. L. or H. V. L. F. The coins issued at Dresden between 1605 and 16 16 are mostly the work of this Engraver, who was succeeded in 1616 by Ruprecht Niclas Kitzkatz, and among his medals are : Medal of John George I., Prince Elector of Saxony, obv. PRO LEGE ET GREGE. Prince on horseback R. SCOPVS VIT? ME? CHRISTVS (signed : H. V. L.);...
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LÜSTER, CHRISTIAN
LÜSTER, CHRISTIAN (Dan.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, a native of Denmark, entered into the service of the Engraving Department at the Mint of Rio de Janeiro on 1. March 1855, and was appointed officially to the post of Engraver by special decree of the Finance Minister, on 17. December 1863. A further decree, dated 11. August 1869, named him Chief-engraver to the Mint. Lüster was considered as a very intelligent and clever artist and an indefatigable worker. He was decorated with the Imperia...
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LÜSTER, CHRISTIAN (Dan.). Medallist and Coin-engraver, a native of Denmark, entered into the service of the Engraving Department at the Mint of Rio de Janeiro on 1. March 1855, and was appointed officially to the post of Engraver by special decree of the Finance Minister, on 17. December 1863. A further decree, dated 11. August 1869, named him Chief-engraver to the Mint. Lüster was considered as a very intelligent and clever artist and an indefatigable worker. He was decorated with the Imperia...
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