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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Wolcott of Mass.; - William L. Strong, former Mayor of N. Y.
City;- Eben Tourgee, founder of N. E. Conservatory of Music;
-Dr. George R. Elliott, noted Orthopedic Surgeon and Physician
to Gen. U. S. Grant; - Rev. Dr. Loring W. Balten, former Rector
of St. Mark's Church; - Rev. David B. Ayers; - Quincy Judge,
noted theosophist; - Joseph J. C. Clarke; - Oliver Herford;James Jeffray Roche, late Consul Gen. to Servia; - Mr. and
Mrs. Lyman G. Bloomingdale; -Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Tompkins;
-Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fox, Pres. Columbia Bank, N. Y. City;
Mr. and Mrs. A. Bachmann; - William M. Singerly; - Joseph
Jefferson; - John McCullough; - Kyrle Bellew; - Francis
Wilson; - James O'Neil; - Mrs. French Sheldon, noted African
explorer; -- Sarah B. Jacobs, original bust in marble at Bingham
Academy, Bakersfield, Vt.; - John Boyle O'Reilly, original bust in
bronze, Notre-Dame Academy, Indianapolis, and many others too
numerous to mention.
Mr. Bachmann's heroic bust in bronze of Abraham Lincoln,
executed for the Rep. Club of the City of N. Y., is acknowledged
by critics to be the best yet conceived of the martyred President.
Mr. Bachmann has done considerable work for "Life" and
"Leslie's Weekly,".
BIBLIOGRAPHY. - Information kindlv supplied by Mr. Thos. L. Elder.
BACHMANN, R. (Austr.). This signature occurs on a Plaquette
in gun metal, representing Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria
and his consort countess Sophie von Hohenberg; -Admiral Anton
Haus; - General v. Borsevic, etc.
BACKHAUS, RUDOLF (Germi.). Contemporary Sculptor, residing
in Dresden. He exhibited at the Berlin Kunst Austellung, 1907,
two Plaquettes: Awakening Girl; Maid with mirror, etc.
BACON. CHARLES (Brit.). Sculptor and Gem-engraver. Exhibited
at the Royal Academy between 1842 and 884. His productions
include Intaglios: Eve; Edward VI.; Mercury and Pandora; Paris;
the Duke of Wellington, and numerous Portrait-medallions.
In I849 he exhibited at the British Institution two onyx cameos:
Head of Eve; Head of Neptune.
BACON, JOHN R.A. (B.D.M., Vol. I, 1904, p. i ). By this
Sculptor and Modeller is a paste representing a Winged Genius
flying, holding palm-branch and cross, and motto: WE SHALL;
also a Portrait-medal of George Washington, I819 (Series Numismatica, Baker 130).
He exhibited at the Free.Society in I762-64, and at the Society
of Artists: I768. I97. A Bacchanalian; a model. Also at the Royal
Academy between 1769 and 1799.