went to Denmark, where he was much patronized by Christian Y I., as
he was in Holland by William IY . Returning to England he was in
1761 appointed Assistan t Engraver to th e Royal Mint. I n 1762 he went
to Copenhagen, and thence to St. Petersburg, where he died, 27 Dec.
1763. H a tte r as a gem-engraver surpassed all other workmen of his
tim e ; his medals also are of fine execution.—ii. 504, 562, 563, 566, 568,
664, 666.
N EA L E , Thomas, was Master of th e Min t from about 1678 to 1699.
(See No. 330, Yol. I I . p. 104.)—i. 637, 638; ii. 3,13, 24, 28, 32, 33, 59,
65, 94.
N ICH O L L S , Sutton, an English medallist and engraver of th e first
h a lf of th e las t century. He made an imitation or copy of th e Phoenix
Badge of Queen Elizabeth, and also engraved views of London for Stowe’s
“ Survey ” published in 1725, and for other works.—i. 125.
NOST, Jo h n V an, sculptor, was born in London, b u t spent th e greater
portion of his life in Dublin, where he executed several public statues.
He was appointed S ta tu a ry in Ordinary to the King. He returned a t
intervals to London, and died in Dublin in 1787.—ii. 713.
N U RN B ERG ER , Georg Eriedrich, engraver and Master of the Mint
a t Nuremberg from 1682 to 1724. He was also engaged in engraving
dies for coins for th e city of Halle. His medals of Erederick I. of P russia
and of Charles X II. of Sweden are considered good specimens of medallic
work.—ii. 162, 235, 246, 262, 264, 284, 291.
OM EIS , Ma rtin Heinrich, b. a t Nuremberg in 1650, was a pupil of
E rn s t Caspar Durr, of Dresden. He entered th e service of the Elector
of Saxony, for whom he executed seals as well as medals. Died a t Dresden
in 1753.—ii. 79.
PA R K E S , Isaac, probably a native of Birmingham, went to Dublin
in 1807, and was apprenticed to William Sherwin, modeller. Parkes
resided during th e rest of his life a t Dublin and executed a large number
of portrait-medals, the issue of which extended from 1814 to 1839.—
ii. 214; 215, 599.
PA S S E , Simon, th e engraver, th e younger son of Crispin Passe,
th e eminent a rtis t of Utrecht, b. circ. 1585, came to London, where
he resided about ten years, and engraved a large number of prints,
portraits, &c. He received from Nicholas Hilliard a licence to engrave
counters of th e Royal Eamily. (See Yol. I. p. 376.) After quitting
England, Passe entered th e service of the Kin g of Denmark, under whose
protection he remained till his death in 1644.—i. 1,183,184,214-218,221,
232, 233, 241, 340, 376, 377; ii. 716.
P . E., initials of an engraver who executed medals commemorating
Vernon’s capture of Porto Bello in 1739.—ii. 542.
PE T ER S , Mathias, a Danish goldsmith and engraver, who appears to
have worked during th e whole of th e second h a lf of the seventeenth
century. Very little is known of this a rtis t or his works.—ii. 37.
PE T IT , Louis Michel, medallist and sculptor, b. a t Pa ris in 1791,
d. there in 1844. He was a member of the committee of th e Mint. He
executed a number of collegiate pieces, and also contributed largely to
th e Durand series.—i. 186; ii. 471.
PID G EO N , G. E., worked for Boulton a t th e Soho Mint, a t the
beginning of th is century.—i. 25, 27.
P IN C H E S , John, contemporary medallist and engraver, b. a t Birmingham
in 1825, studied under William Joseph Taylor, and from 1846
to 1851 was engaged a t th e Royal Mint and worked under William
Wyon. Since 1851 he has produced many military, academical, and
private medals.—ii. 696.
PIN GO, Lewis, son of Thomas Pingo, appointed on the death
o f his father in 1776 Assistant Engraver a t the Mint, succeeded Yeo as
Chief Engraver in 1779. H e retired from th a t post in 1815 and died
26 Aug. 1830.—i. 61; ii. 438, 675.
PINGO, Thomas, b. in Ita ly , came to England about 1745, was
appointed Assistant Engraver to the Mint in 1771, died in 1776. His
best works date from 1745 to 1764, during which period he was much
employed by the Society for Promoting A rts and Commerce. He was
very intimate with Cipriani and Mr. Hollis.—i. 24; ii. 568, 600, 603, 607,
634, 653, 655, 656, 670, 683-686, 691, 697, 698, 701, 705, 707, 711.
PO G G IN I, Giovanni Paolo, a goldsmith and medallist of Elorence,
worked from about 1540 for the noble families of Este, Gonzaga, Sforza,
&c. I n 1559 he entered th e service of Philip I I . of Spain, for whom
and for other members of his family he executed a considerable number of
medals. Died about 1580, probably a t Madrid.—i. 81.
POOL, Jerian, Jnrria an or Gurian, a medallist of some note a t
Amsterdam, who worked during th e middle of th e seventeenth century.
The most important of his works are medals of Martin Tromp, 1653,
another of William, Prince of Orange, and the inauguration-medal of
the Guildhall a t Amsterdam in 1655.—i. 403, 416, 496, 508, 519, 523, 534.
POZZO, Giovanni, an Ita lian medallist, who worked in Rome during
th e first h a lf of th e l a s t century. H e was a pupil of Otto Hamerani,
and his best known works are the medals of Conyers Middleton and
Daniel Wray.—ii. 460, 465.
PRIM A Y ERA , Jacopo, a medallist of whom very little is known,
beyond what information his works supply. He was of Ita lian origin,
perhaps Milanese, and was born before th e middle of th e sixteenth century.