Thomas Simon
Illustration — Medal, 1653, Thomas Simon V&A Museum no. 815-1904 Thomas Simon (c. In 1645, he was appointed by the parliament joint chief engraver along with Edward Wade, and, having executed the great seal of the Commonwealth and dies for the coinage, he was promoted to be chief engraver to the Royal Mint and seals.
Thomas Simon
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- Born
- 1623 · London.
- Died
- 1665 · London.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- engraver · medalist
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Medal, 1653, Thomas Simon V&A Museum no. 815-1904 Thomas Simon (c. In 1645, he was appointed by the parliament joint chief engraver along with Edward Wade, and, having executed the great seal of the Commonwealth and dies for the coinage, he was promoted to be chief engraver to the Royal Mint and seals.
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He produced several fine portrait medals of Oliver Cromwell, one of which is copied from a miniature by Samuel Cooper. After the Restoration Simon was appointed engraver of the king's seals. On the occasion of his contest with the brothers John, Joseph and Philip Roettiers, who were employed by the mint in 1662, Simon produced his celebrated crown of Charles II, on the margin of which he engraved a petition to the king. This is usually considered his masterpiece. He is believed to have died of the plague in London in 1665. A volume of The Medals, Coins, Great Seals and other Works of Thomas Simon, engraved and described by George Vertue, was published in 1753. He worked together with his brother Abraham Simon.
Thomas Simon is recorded as engraver and medalist.
Broad: Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector (obverse); Crowned Shield of Arms (reverse), 1656, by Thomas Simon
Thomas Simon · The Cleveland Museum of Art · The Norweb Collection
Broad: Charles II (obverse); Shields (reverse), 1660, by Thomas Simon
Thomas Simon · The Cleveland Museum of Art · The Norweb Collection
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1623
Thomas Simon was born in 1623 at London.
1665
Thomas Simon died in 1665 at London.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7793972: Thomas Simon
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 1157869815, Thomas, Simon.
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- “Thomas Simon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Simon, Thomas, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
Simon, Thomas (1623?–1665), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q7793972: Thomas SimonWikimedia Foundation
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 1157869815, Thomas, Simon.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Naming and authority record. Those registers additionally record the forms Thomé, Simon, Simon Thomas and Thomas, Simon.
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