MILLS, GEORGE (Brit.). Medallist, born in 1792 or before 28. January 1793, died at Birmingham on 28. January 1824, aged 31. "He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1816 to 1823, and gained three gold medals from the Society of Arts. His first patron was Benjamin West, P.R.A., who pronounced him the first Medallist in England, and to whose memory Mills dedicated a portrait-medal. He was never employed at the Royal Mint, but engraved for James Mudie a silver pattern Crown of George III., and a pattern Crown (in gold and silver) of George IV., published by Whiteaves (illustrated). These patterns show little decorative taste. “ (W. Wroth, George Mills, Diet, of National Biography, XXXVII, 444). The following are the best known productions by this artist: Coins. George III., Pattern Crown, undated; obv. Laur. bust to r. ; initials: J. M. D. and F. W. F. Four shields arranged crosswise (Spink's Catalogue of the Montagu Collection, n° 604) ; — Pattern Hanoverian Pistole, undated, ? (formerly in the Murdoch collection) ; — Pattern Guinea (obv. only), undated ; Laur. bust to r. ; MILLS on truncation (Mont., n° 811); — Pattern Guinea, undated; obv. as last, with a large C beneath bust. MAGN? BRITANNI? REX FIDIE (sic) DEFENSOR. Crowned squaretopped shield (Mont., n° 812); — George IV., Pattern Crown, known as the Whiteaves Crown, 1820; signed: MILLS F. beneath bust (Mont. n° 948); — Another, a variety, with G MILLS F. on truncation, and neck of George IV. bare; — Pattern Crown or Half Crown, undated with R. copied from that of Mills' crown of 1820, etc. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Redgrave, Dictionary of Artists. — Crowther, English Pattern Coins. — Cochran Patrick, Catalogue of Scottish Medals. — Grueber, English Personal Medals. — Grueber, Brit. Museum Guide to English Medals. — Hawkins, Franks and Grueber, Medallic Illustrations &c. — W. Frazer, Medallists of Ireland. — Gentleman's Magazine, 1824. — Catalogue of Mudie's Series of National Medals. — Numismatic Chronicle, 1887- 1892. — Revue de la numismatique belge, 1891, p. 586. — Information kindly supplied by Mr. R.D. Roberts of Cardigan.
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
MERCANDETTI, TOMMASO
MERCANDETTI, TOMMASO (Ital.). Medallist, and Engraver of coins, gems and seals, born at Rome, 2. December 1758, died there 11. May 1821. His father, Pietro Mercandetti, who filled the post of Engraver at the Papal Mint, died at an early age, in 1767, leaving his family in poor circumstances, so that the young Tommaso, who had been placed in the seminary of Albano, had to be withdrawn from his studies and put to apprenticeship, when only nine years' old, with the gem-engraver, Girolamo Rossi. Aft...
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MERCANDETTI, TOMMASO (Ital.). Medallist, and Engraver of coins, gems and seals, born at Rome, 2. December 1758, died there 11. May 1821. His father, Pietro Mercandetti, who filled the post of Engraver at the Papal Mint, died at an early age, in 1767, leaving his family in poor circumstances, so that the young Tommaso, who had been placed in the seminary of Albano, had to be withdrawn from his studies and put to apprenticeship, when only nine years' old, with the gem-engraver, Girolamo Rossi. Aft...
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MERCATOR, MICHAEL
MERCATOR, MICHAEL (Dutch). Mercator, says Dr Cahn (German Renaissance Medals in the British Museum, London, 1904, pp. 12-13) (translation of the German name " Kauffmann") came from Venlo (Duchy of Gueldres), and was in the service of Floris von Egmont, count of Buren, for whom he acted as a diplomat and worked as an artist ". In consequence of the relations between the Count and King Henry VIII. he was, on various occasions, sent to England as an ambassador. A letter from his prince to the king...
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MERCATOR, MICHAEL (Dutch). Mercator, says Dr Cahn (German Renaissance Medals in the British Museum, London, 1904, pp. 12-13) (translation of the German name " Kauffmann") came from Venlo (Duchy of Gueldres), and was in the service of Floris von Egmont, count of Buren, for whom he acted as a diplomat and worked as an artist ". In consequence of the relations between the Count and King Henry VIII. he was, on various occasions, sent to England as an ambassador. A letter from his prince to the king...
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MERCIÉ, ANTONIN
MERCIÉ, ANTONIN (French). Sculptor and Painter, born at Toulouse in 1845 ; pupil of Jouffroy and Falgui?re; first grand Prix de Rome in 1868; O* in 1879. By him are various Portrait-medallions : 1868. Mlle C***; — The wolf, the mother and the child, bronze plaque; — 1877. The Genius of Arts; — 1882. Medal of the Ligue des Patriotes (engraved by Henri Dubois); — 1883. Melles Gabrielle et William, etc. His works in Sculpture and Painting are numerous and some have attained great fame. Bibliography...
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MERCIÉ, ANTONIN (French). Sculptor and Painter, born at Toulouse in 1845 ; pupil of Jouffroy and Falgui?re; first grand Prix de Rome in 1868; O* in 1879. By him are various Portrait-medallions : 1868. Mlle C***; — The wolf, the mother and the child, bronze plaque; — 1877. The Genius of Arts; — 1882. Medal of the Ligue des Patriotes (engraved by Henri Dubois); — 1883. Melles Gabrielle et William, etc. His works in Sculpture and Painting are numerous and some have attained great fame. Bibliography...
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MERCIÉ, CLAUDE ANTOINE
MERCIÉ, CLAUDE ANTOINE (French.). Engraver, born at Gray, 28. December 1751, died at Lyons, 10. April 1812. He was one of the founders of the " Société des artistes réunis" of Lyons, which undertook in 1791 and 1792 the coinage of pure bell-metal, for which he cut the dies. His signature: MERCIE.F.LUG. occurs on a medal of Bonaparte, obv. BONAPARTE RÉÉDIFICATEUR DE LYON; R. Inscription within oak-wreath, 1800 (illustrated). He engraved other medals and jetons, but was really a manufacturer of b...
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MERCIÉ, CLAUDE ANTOINE (French.). Engraver, born at Gray, 28. December 1751, died at Lyons, 10. April 1812. He was one of the founders of the " Société des artistes réunis" of Lyons, which undertook in 1791 and 1792 the coinage of pure bell-metal, for which he cut the dies. His signature: MERCIE.F.LUG. occurs on a medal of Bonaparte, obv. BONAPARTE RÉÉDIFICATEUR DE LYON; R. Inscription within oak-wreath, 1800 (illustrated). He engraved other medals and jetons, but was really a manufacturer of b...
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