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ABRAHAM SIMON (1622-1692)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 124 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ABRAHAM See also:SIMON (1622-1692)  , See also:English medallist and modeller, was See also:born in See also:Yorkshire in 1622 . He was originally intended for the See also:church, but turned his See also:attention to See also:art, and, after studying in See also:Holland, proceeded to See also:Sweden, where he was employed by See also:Queen See also:Christina, in whose See also:train he travelled to See also:Paris . He returned to See also:England before the outbreak of the See also:Civil See also:War, and attained celebrity by his medals and portraits modelled in See also:wax . During the See also:Commonwealth he executed many medals of leading parliamentarians, and at the Restoration he was patronized by See also:Charles II., from whom he received a See also:hundred guineas for his portrait designed as a See also:medal for the proposed See also:order of the Royal See also:Oak . Having incurred the displeasure of the See also:duke of See also:York, he lost the favour of the See also:court, and died in obscurity in 1692 . Among the more interesting of his medals are those of the 2nd See also:earl of See also:Dunfermline, the 2nd earl of See also:Lauderdale and the 1st earl of Loudon; that of the duke of See also:Albemarle, and many other See also:fine medals, were modelled by See also:Abraham See also:Simon and chased by his See also:brother See also:Thomas Simon (q.v.) .

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