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Sir Andrew Fountaine

Medal
1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Dassier, Jacques-Antoine
Place of origin
Switzerland (made)

This is one of a series of thirteen medals of illustrious Englishmen begun by Dassier in 1740. The dies were engraved in London, but struck abroad, as no sufficiently powerful machinery was available here.

Sir Andrew Fountaine was an English antiquarian, art collector and amateur architect.

Object details

Categories
Coins & Medals
Sculpture
Object type
Medal
TitleSir Andrew Fountaine
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Medal, bronze, Swiss, 18th cent, J.A.Dassier, 1745.
Physical description
Medal, bronze. Obverse, buts of Sir Andrew Fountaine (1676-1753), shown with receding hair flowing to the nape of the neck, and wearing a loose-fitting cloak or robe, facing right. Reverse: inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 51.3mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • ANDREAS- FOUNTAINE EQ- AURAT
  • 'A.A.A./F.F/ III VIR./ M.DCCXLV./ J.A DASSIER.'
Credit line
Purchased with funds from the Bryan Bequest
Object history
Purchased with funds from the Bryan Bequest.
Summary
This is one of a series of thirteen medals of illustrious Englishmen begun by Dassier in 1740. The dies were engraved in London, but struck abroad, as no sufficiently powerful machinery was available here.

Sir Andrew Fountaine was an English antiquarian, art collector and amateur architect.
Bibliographic references
  • Forrer, L. Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, I, 1904, p. 511.
  • Snodin, Michael (ed.), Rococo : art and design in Hogarth's England, London : Trefoil Books, 1984 p. 296
  • Moore, Andrew W,Norfolk and the grand tour: eighteenth-century travellers abroad and their souvenirs, Norwich, Norfolk Museums Service, 1985 pp. 111-112
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.3-1975

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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