Benjamin Wyon
Benjamin Wyon (9 January 1802 – 21 November 1858) was a British engraver of seals, and medallist.
Life
Born in John Street,
On 10 January 1831 Wyon was appointed Chief Engraver of the Seals and made the
William IV
.
He died in London on 21 November 1858[1] and is buried on the west side of Highgate Cemetery.
Works
Wyon produced medals, his signatures being "B. Wyon" and "Benj. Wyon". Among them were:[1]
- 1821, Visit of George IV to Ireland (obverse only);
- 1831, Opening of London Bridge;
- 1832, Passing of Reform Bill;
- 1834, Foundation of City of London School;
- 1842, Pollock Prize Medals;
- 1849, Opening of London Coal Exchange;
- 1851, Shakespeare Prize, City of London School;
- 1854/1855, reverse of the Crimea Medal as the obverse, the diademed head of Queen Victoria, was a reuse of an engraving of William Wyon RA;
- 1855, Visits of the Emperor of the French and of the King of Sardinia to the Guildhall, London.
Seals produced by Wyon include The Seal of
George Augustus Selwyn
, the first Anglican Bishop of New Zealand in 1841.
Family
Wyon was the father of Joseph Shepherd Wyon, Alfred Benjamin Wyon, and Allan Wyon.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Benjamin Wyon.
- Europe in the age of enlightenment and revolution, a catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Wyon(see index)
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1900). "Wyon, Benjamin". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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