Biographical dictionary of medallists: coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, &c., ancient and modern, with references to their works B. C. 500-A. D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer ...

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for the similarity of the fabric of the latest coins of James I. and
the earliest of Charles I.
This Engraver received from Lord Strafford ~ Io for a seal of
Ireland.
GREENE, LIEUT. COL. G. T. (Brit.). Officiating Mint-master at
Calcutta, appointed 6. December I847 and in office until I849,
when he.was succeeded by Major M.N. Smyth.
GREENWOOD AND BATLEY, LIMITED (Brit.). A firm in Leeds who
manufacture machines for making coins and medals.
GRRGOIRE, REN. (French). Contemporary Sculptor and Medallist;
born in Saumur, department of the Maine and Loire, France.
Studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts at Paris, where he was a pupil
of Thomas and of H. Dubois. From I893 until I900 he exhibited
at the Salon du Champ de Mars. (Societe Nationale.) Since that
time he has exhibited in the Salon of the Societe des Artistes
Franqais. In 1899 he won the Grand Prix de Rome, then a third
and second medal at the Salon, this latter being obtained in I908.
At the Exposition of Milan he was awarded a gold medal. Among
his best known works may be mentioned the medal of the Exposition of Marseilles.
He exhibited the following works at the New York International
Medallic Exhibition, in March I9I: -- " Le baiser " (large
model); - Le printemps; - Paul Desaeby; - Antoine Garnier;
La Peinture; - La Pitie; - Le Temps Consolateur; -Plaquette d'inauguration de l'Institut Oceanographique de Monaco;L'Amitie; - Maternite; - L'Agriculture;- L'Industrie; -Le
baiser (small model).
To commemorate King Edward VII's visit to Paris in 1903 and
subsequent improved relations between France and England, this
artist executed a very pretty plaquette, Entente cordiale, which is
reproduced in the Magazine oJ Art for March 1904.
Gregoire has been a constant exhibitor at the Paris Salon since
I904. Among his recent exhibits are: I9i2. Helene; - Eros; -
Percement du tunnel du L6tschberg; - I913. A frame of Medals;
- 1914. A frame of Plaquettes and Medals, including a Plaquette
of the Ghent Exhibition; - Exposition of Hygiene, Rio de Janeiro,
I909 (obv. R.G. in monogram; rev. R.GREGOIRE), etc.
GREIER, E. (Germ.). Contemporary Medallist; his signature
occurs on a medal commemorating the Storming of Mount Lovcen,
II Jan. I916.
GREINER, D1 DANIEL (Germ.). Contemporary Sculptor and
Medallist, born at Worms in 1872, and residing at Darmstadt. Has
worked for the Schrobenhausen Medallic Mint ot Carl Poellath.