The Dassier series of the early sovereigns, being a production of the last century, cannot be said to have a place in the early medallic records of this country, and is not included in this exhibition.
With the accession of the House of Hanover the medallic series of England loses much of its interest.
The undisputed accession of the House of Stuart to the English throne and the peaceable reign of its first king limit the subjects for medallic illustration.
His medallic portraits of the Royal family of England during that period are very numerous.
During his residence in England Briot executed a large number of dies for coins as well as dies and moulds for medals, all of which are gems of medallic work.
The period of Elizabeth ends with a series of medallic portraits by Stephen of Holland, most of which bear the date 1562, and all apparently executed about that year.
His work is coarse, but characteristic of Dutch medallic art of that period.
During the reign of Elizabeth, a great improvement is manifest in medallic art, which may be seen in the medals commemorating the defeat of the Spanish Armada, all of which, so far as it is known, were produced by native artists.
These letters also refer to Mercator's artistic skill, and we learn from Puteanus or Du Puy that he excelled in medallic portraits, and that this medal, which is of contemporary workmanship, was executed by himself.
We must add to these the works of Nicholas Briot, who by his new invention of the balance for striking coins and medals had rendered great service to medallic art.
The place occupied in medallic art in the 17th century by the Roettier family has been filled during the present century by the family of the Wyons.
From these we gather that he worked at first in Holland, executing many medallic portraits of his countrymen.
William and Mary; but with the accession of William, the Dutch period of medallic art in England began and continued till the death of Anne.
In the meanwhile a new set of artists had sprung up in England, who with few exceptions monopolised the medallic work in this country during the reign of Charles II.
He was appointed first draughtsman and die sinker to the United States Mint, and made the dies of a medal, the bust on the obverse of which was considered to be the best medallic profile likeness of Washington.
Of the remaining Italian novelists that belong to this period, it is enough to mention Erizzo, better known as one of the founders of medallic science.
This is more fully comprehensive than that of Vico: medallic science was reduced in it to fixed principles, and it is particularly esteemed for the erudition shown by the author in explaining the reverses.
This harmony between the two sides of the coin may be traced throughout ancient coinage, proving that it was of a medallic character.
Again, since the invention of printing, there is longer reason in giving coins a medallic character.
The medals commemorating the event are described in Baker's Medallic Portraits of Washington, p.
The medals given to Morgan, Colonels Washington and Howard are figured in Loubat's Medallic Hist.
Washington praised their resistance to bribes, and Congress gave them a medal (figured in Loubat's Medallic Hist.
For the Yorktown and Saratoga medal, see Loubat's Medallic Hist.
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