MUDIE, JAMES (Brit.). Issuer of a series of medals, styled “ National Medals", commemorating British Victories over the French, under the reign of George III., to whose son, George IV., the work was dedicated. The collection cost the publisher, in addition to six years' devotion of his time and trouble, upwards of ? 10.000. This series, to which various British and foreign artists contributed, consists of the following pieces : 1. George III., Religion, Faith, and Constancy, 1817 (Webb and Depaulis); — 2. Settlement of the British at Bombay, 1662 (Droz and Mills) ; — 3. Earl Howe, French fleet defeated off Ushant, 1794 (W. Wyon); — 4. Admiral Earl St. Vincent, Spanish fleet defeated off Cape St. Vincent, 1797 (Mills and Brenet) ; — 5. Admiral Viscount Duncan, 1797 (Webb and W. Wyon); — 6. Admiral Lord Nelson, 1805 (Droz) ; — 7. Admiral Sir Sydney Smith, Acre defended, 1799 (Mills and Brenet) ; — 8. Lieut. General Sir Ralph Abercromby, Arrival of the English army in Egypt, 1801 (Webb); — 9. Major General Lord Hutchinson, Egypt delivered, 1801 (Webb and Dupré) ; — 10. A Scottish soldier; R. EGYPT | PORTUGAL | SPAIN, &c, 1801 (Dubois);— 11. Field Marshal Frederick, Duke of York, 1802 (Webb and Brenet); - 12. Arthur, Duke of Wellington ; R. The English army arrives in the Peninsula, 1808 (Brenet; R. designed by J. Mudie); - 13. Battle of Vimiera, The English army enters Lisbon, 1808 (Barre and Mills) ; — 14. Lieut. General Sir John Moore, 1809 (Mills and Couriguer); — 15. The Duke of Wellington; R. Passage of the Douro, 1809 (Brenet and Dubois); — 16. The Duke of Wellington ; R. Battle of Talavera, 1809 (Mills and Lafitte); — 17. Fabius Cunctator, The English army on the Tagus, 1811 (Petit and Dubois); — 18. Marshal General Lord Beresford, Battle of Albuera, 1811 (Webb and Brenet); — 19. Lieut. General Sir T. Picton, Badajoz taken, 1812 (Mills); — 20. Lieut. General Lord Hill, Capture of Almarez, 1812 (Mills and Gayrard) ; — 21. Battle of Salamanca, The British army enters Madrid, 1812 (Brenet) ; — 22. The Duke of Wellington, Battle of Vittoria, 1813 (Mills and Lef?vre); — 23. Id., The English army passes the Pyrenees, 1813 (Brenet) ;— 24. Lieut. General Lord Lynedoch, Capture of St. Sebastian, 1813 (Webb and Mills); — 25. The Duke of Wellington, Surrender of Pampeluna, 1813 (Brenet and Droz) ; — 26. Britannia, Battle of Toulouse, 1814. (Brenet) ; — 27. Britannia, Repose of Hercules, 1813 (Droz); — 28. George, Prince Regent; England gives peace to the world, 1814 (Mills and Dubois) ; — 29. Visit of the allied sovereigns to England ; R. ARMIS ET CONSILIIS, 1815 (Mills and Brenet) ; — 30. Britannia, Visit of Czar Alexander I. and Fred. William III. of Prussia, 1814 (Brenet and Barre); — 31. H. R. H. the Duke of —Cambridge, The English re-enter Hanover, 1814 (Webb and Barre); 32. Flight of Napoleon from Elba, Congress of Vienna, 1815 (Brenet and Depaulis); — 33. The British army in the Netherlands, 1815 (Depaulis and Lef?vre); — 34. Henry William, marquis of Anglesey, Charge of the British at Waterloo, 1815 (Mills and Depaulis); — 35. The Duke of Wellington; R. WATERLOO, 1815 (Brenet); — 36. Id., The English army enters Paris, 1815 (Brenet) ; — 37. Napoleon, Surrender to H. B. M. S. Bellerophon, 1815 (Webb and Brenet); — 38. Id., Napoleon at St. Helena, n. d. (Webb and Mills); — 39. Admiral Lord Exmouth, Algiers, 1816 (Louis Brenet and Gérard) ; — 40. England gives a Constitution to the Ionian Islands, 1817 (Depaulis). Beside these Mudie published other medals, amongst which I have noticed : Rev. Samuel Parr; — Death of Princess Charlotte, etc. Bibliography. — An Historical and Critical Account of a Grand Series of National Medals, published under the direction of James Mudie, Esq. and dedicated by permission to His Most Excellent Majesty George the Fourth, London, 1820, in-4°.
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
MOLARD
MOLARD or MOLART, MICHEL (French). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century, born at Dieppe, where he first practised carving in ivory. Later he settled in Paris. The date of his activity is comprised between 1643 and 1694. He worked on the medallic series of Louis XIV., and had an apartment in the Louvre, from about 1684 to 1703. According to Guiffrey, he probably died in the early months of 1714. This Engraver's signature occurs in various forms : MOLART. F.; — MOLARD. F.; — M. ...
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MOLARD or MOLART, MICHEL (French). Medallist of the second half of the seventeenth century, born at Dieppe, where he first practised carving in ivory. Later he settled in Paris. The date of his activity is comprised between 1643 and 1694. He worked on the medallic series of Louis XIV., and had an apartment in the Louvre, from about 1684 to 1703. According to Guiffrey, he probably died in the early months of 1714. This Engraver's signature occurs in various forms : MOLART. F.; — MOLARD. F.; — M. ...
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MOLARINHO, JOSÉ ARNALDO NOGUEIRA
MOLARINHO, JOSÉ ARNALDO NOGUEIRA (Portug.). A native of Guimara?s, and a Medallist of merit, who lived at Porto during the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century. He was employed at the Mint of that city as Engraver, and, says Arag?o, his numerous works in die-sinking are justly appreciated. I have noticed his signature on medals of the — Inauguration of the Minho Railway, 1875, and Douro Railway, 1879; — Angola Expedition, 1860; — Prize Medal of the Braga Exhibition, 1863 ; — Frien...
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MOLARINHO, JOSÉ ARNALDO NOGUEIRA (Portug.). A native of Guimara?s, and a Medallist of merit, who lived at Porto during the second and third quarters of the nineteenth century. He was employed at the Mint of that city as Engraver, and, says Arag?o, his numerous works in die-sinking are justly appreciated. I have noticed his signature on medals of the — Inauguration of the Minho Railway, 1875, and Douro Railway, 1879; — Angola Expedition, 1860; — Prize Medal of the Braga Exhibition, 1863 ; — Frien...
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MOLL, ANTON
MOLL, ANTON (Austr.). Chief-engraver at the Mint of Vienna, 1754-1758. He had been Assistant-engraver from 1750-1754. His signature : A. MOLL F. occurs also on medals, as on that of 1757, commemorating the Victory of Count Daun over the Prussians at Kolin, and a religious Badge with representation of Christ and the Virgin. Moll was the son of a Tyrolian sculptor; he married in 1757 a sculptor's widow, Francesca Donner, but died in the following year. Bibliography. — Katalog der K. K. Münzstempel...
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MOLL, ANTON (Austr.). Chief-engraver at the Mint of Vienna, 1754-1758. He had been Assistant-engraver from 1750-1754. His signature : A. MOLL F. occurs also on medals, as on that of 1757, commemorating the Victory of Count Daun over the Prussians at Kolin, and a religious Badge with representation of Christ and the Virgin. Moll was the son of a Tyrolian sculptor; he married in 1757 a sculptor's widow, Francesca Donner, but died in the following year. Bibliography. — Katalog der K. K. Münzstempel...
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MOLOSSOS
MOLOSSOS (Greek). Mint-engraver at Thurium, circ. 404-388 B.C. All scholars, Raoul Rochette, von Sallet, Brunn, Dr Head, Evans, Blanchet, etc., are agreed that the signature MO?O??O? on Thurian coins refers to the Engraver of the dies and not to a magistrate. On a Didrachm in the British Museum collection, the artist's full signature occurs on the exergual line of the R, and abbreviated to M on the obv., a repetition of the same signature on both sides of coins, which has already been observed o...
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MOLOSSOS (Greek). Mint-engraver at Thurium, circ. 404-388 B.C. All scholars, Raoul Rochette, von Sallet, Brunn, Dr Head, Evans, Blanchet, etc., are agreed that the signature MO?O??O? on Thurian coins refers to the Engraver of the dies and not to a magistrate. On a Didrachm in the British Museum collection, the artist's full signature occurs on the exergual line of the R, and abbreviated to M on the obv., a repetition of the same signature on both sides of coins, which has already been observed o...
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