W ERN ER , Johann Heinrich, an engraver and medallist of Erfu rt,
worked from 1719 to 1762. He made a large series of medals, of poor
workmanship, which are rare, as his dies were not well hardened.—ii.
464.
W ERN ER , P e ter Paul, a clever medallist, b. a t Nuremberg in 1689,
and d. there in 1771. As early as 1712 he was well known as an engraver,
and in the course of his long life was successively in th e service of
nearly all the different German Courts. His works are very numerous
—ii. 500, 508.
WESTWOOD, John, an English medallist, b. in 1744, lived a t Sheffield
and worked there till his death in 1792.—i. 208.
WESTWOOD, John, nephew of th e preceding, b. in 1774, d. in 1850,
also lived a t Sheffield, where he issued a large number of medals as well
as dies for tokens. He also made dies for embossing snuff-boxes with
portraits of popular men of th e time.—i. 211.
W IN bLOW , P e ter Christof, a Danish engraver who worked a t Copenhagen
from 1745 to 1752. Died about 1760.—ii. 667.
W IN T ER , E. D., an English engraver, was probably engaged a t the
Royal Mint, as his initials upon medals generally appear in conjunction
with those of Thomas Neale, th e Master of th e Mint. He executed
few medals of his own design, his works consisting mainly of iuferior
copies of medals by J a n Smeltzing, Jan Luder, and others. His works
date from 1688 to 1695'.—i. 687, 638, 675, 687; ii. 2, 3, 8, 13, 23, 24 28
32-34, 59, 65, 78, 84, 89, 94,108,109,117,119,-137.
W OLFE, B., an engraver who worked in P a ris a t the beginning of the
present century, and executed several medals for th e Durand'series. He
was probably not a Frenchman by birth.—i. 290; ii. 696.
W O L FE , Jo h an n Henrik, a Danish engraver, b. a t Copenhagen in
1727, worked chiefly in his native city till 1771, when he removed to
Alton a, where he remained till 1779. Died in 1788.—ii. 604, 609.
W Y N T JE S , Cornelius, was Warden and Overseer of the Mint in West
Friesland from 1615 to 1624—i. 223.
W YON, Benjamin, seal-engraver, son of Thomas Wyon, b. in 1802,
succeeded his fa th e r in 1831 as Chief Engraver of His Majesty’s Seals,
and executed several medals, notably th e Crimea medal. Died in 1858
—i. 213.
WYON, Leonard Charles, contemporary medallist and engraver, b. in
1826, studied engraving under his father, William Wyon, R.A. (See th e
following), whom he succeeded as Modeller and Engraver to the Royal
Mint in 1851. He has executed several coinages for th e colonies and for
foreign countries, besides many public and private medals, including
most of those awarded for military and naval services since 1851.—i. 25,
213, 466, 478, 502; ii. 675.
WYON, William, R.A., engraver, b. a t Birmingham in 1795, came to
London in 1815, and in the following year was appointed Assistant
Engraver to th e M int, and in 1828 succeeded Pistruccias Chief Engraver.
I n 1838 he was elected an Academician. Besides numerous coinages,
Wyon produced a large series of military, academical, and private medals.
Died in 1851.—i. 159, 245; ii. 472, 668.
YEO, Richard, was appointed Assistant Engraver to the Mint in 1749,
and succeeded Tanner as Chief Engraver in 1775. He was a foundation
member of th e Royal Academy, and a contributor to its exhibitions.
Died 3 Dec. 1779. His best medals are those relating to th e battle of
Oulloden.—i. 10; ii. 613, 615, 652, 657, 667, 709.