Mint engraver Francis N. Mitchell. Not pictured in Julian, silver example. Do you like his work?
DUIGUY
Posts: 7,252 ✭✭✭
AM-42 1896 example.
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
0
Comments
He appears to be a rather typical, second or third rate 19th century artist. I would not collect "art" medals of this caliber.
<< <i>My opinion:
He appears to be a rather typical, second or third rate 19th century artist. I would not collect "art" medals of this caliber. >>
Not an "art" medal. The dies for this medal are listed(#15) in the Peale register of dies; a note indicates that only gold and silver medals were
struck prior to about 1852. (Quote Julian).
Also noted by Julian;
Several hundred of these medals ,mostly silver, were struck by the late1880's
"art" medal , explain. Thanks
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
Id collect these in a second if I wasnt already completely taxed by my current project just doing the research...
For the hell of it, whats something like this run?
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
<< <i>
<< <i>My opinion:
He appears to be a rather typical, second or third rate 19th century artist. I would not collect "art" medals of this caliber. >>
Not an "art" medal. The dies for this medal are listed(#15) in the Peale register of dies; a note indicates that only gold and silver medals were
struck prior to about 1852. (Quote Julian).
Also noted by Julian;
Several hundred of these medals ,mostly silver, were struck by the late1880's
"art" medal , explain. Thanks
The folks who produced this type of work were the graphic artists of their day. They had some technical ability but produced essentially stock artwork. Very boring stuff ... and "stuff" is a good way to describe it. There is nothing distinctive or innovative. These artists, and there were a lot of them in the 19th century, produced work that would appeal to the general public and not ruffle any feathers. The artwork used on modern US coins falls into the same category.
<< <i>The folks who produced this type of work were the graphic artists of their day. They had some technical ability but produced essentially stock artwork. Very boring stuff ... and "stuff" is a good way to describe it. There is nothing distinctive or innovative. These artists, and there were a lot of them in the 19th century, produced work that would appeal to the general public and not ruffle any feathers. The artwork used on modern US coins falls into the same category. >>
So art, any art is not a representative history ?
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 BC
<< <i>
<< <i>The folks who produced this type of work were the graphic artists of their day. They had some technical ability but produced essentially stock artwork. Very boring stuff ... and "stuff" is a good way to describe it. There is nothing distinctive or innovative. These artists, and there were a lot of them in the 19th century, produced work that would appeal to the general public and not ruffle any feathers. The artwork used on modern US coins falls into the same category. >>
So art, any art is not a representative history ? >>
My comments have to do with art and not history.
For the first medal, the silver one: The little emblems on the bottom of the reverse (the shield and the Indian) seem most amateurishly done, especially the Indian.
For that second medal, the copper one: On the reverse, that arm popping up out of nowhere somehow really freaks me out.
So I guess the bottom line is that I'd collect these not for their intrinsic beauty but instead for their ties with a time long lost.
<< <i>My opinion:
He appears to be a rather typical, second or third rate 19th century artist. I would not collect "art" medals of this caliber. >>
Yep. It's pretty, but it looks like a thousand French jetons of the same period. Just not interesting enough to take up space for me.
--Severian the Lame
<< <i>I like it. Some think that the stuff they don't collect or care for is wrong. >>
Tell me it ain't so....