Identifying Initials
How Initials Can Identify an Artist
ONCE you find the tiny letters on a coin or medal this can often reveal its maker. Check the list below. Artists are listed by the last initial (assumed to be the last name, but may not actually be the case). If two or more artists used the same initials you must search the databank for all names to locate a specific item. Initials of unknown artistes are listed at the beginning of each alphabetic letter in the databank.
Here are some important points about initials:
· Initials may be worked into a monogram. · Single letter signatures are most often duplicated. · Three and four letter names often confused for initiasls. · Sequence of the letters may not be the sequence in the name. · In rare cases artists have hidden their signature in the designs · Compare dates of item to artists’ dates where two same initials. – · Eighteenth century had no “J” letter punch, they used the capitol “I.” · Father and son artists with same name may have used the same initials. · Signatures often found at lower right like a signature on correspondence. · Females may change initials after marriage; e.g. Anna Hyatt Huntington. · Initials may be found on the truncation of a bust, or on the side of a listel. |
Initials List
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AMES, Blanche (1878-1969)
ANGELL, Carlton W. (1884-1964) d'ANDREA, Albert Philip (1897-1983) ADAMS, Herbert (1858-1934) AHEARN, John H. (1951- ) ALSTEIN, O. (fl 1892-1908) AITKEN, Robert Ingersoll (1878-1949) ANARGYROS, Spero (1915-2004) STARK, A.P. (fl 1893-1915) AGOSTINL, Vivian L. (1911-1999) ARMEL-BEAUFILS, Zannie (1892-1978) BARBER, Charles E. (1840-1917) BELSKIE, Abram (1907-1988) BELSKIE, Abram (1907-1988) BLOCK, Adolph (1906-1978) BARNES, Betty ( -c1972) BUZAN, Boris (1915-1982) BARBER, Charles E. (1840-1917) BEACH, Chester (1881-1956) BASSETT, Carroll K. (?-1972) BOARDMAN, Rosina Cox (1878-1970) BARRY, Edith Cleaves (1884-1969) LONGMAN BATCHELDER, Evelyn Beatrice (1874-1954) BREITHOLZ, F. (?) BORGLUM, Gutzon (1867-1941) BUSH-BROWN, Henry Kirke (1857-1935) BUSH-BROWN, James (1892-1986) BOYLE, John Joseph (1852-1917) BOULTON, Joseph Lorkowski (1896-1981) van BAERLL, Adriaan (?) BADIA, Luigi (1960- ) BISTOLFI, Leonardo (1859-1933) BRINDESI, Olympio (1897-1965) BALAN, Paul ( ) BROOKS, Ruth Walker (1909-?) BOARDMAN, Rosina Cox (1878-1970) BOHAN, Matt E. ( ) BURNHAM, Roger Noble (1876-1962) BELL, Sydney (1888-1964) BANNAR, T. J. (active 1868-84) BRENNER, Victor David (1871-1924) BERRYMAN, Val R. ( ) CONCHA, Eduardo (fl 1922 ) CALDER, Alexander Stirling (1870-1945) COHN, Cora M.G. (fl 1926 ) CHAPELLE, Camille L. (1848-1923) CORBETT, Gail Sherman (1871-1952) COSTELL, Chris T. ( ) CAIMI, Daniel Joseph (1924-2007) CHANDLER, Elizabeth Gordon (1913- ) CARDER, Cyril Frederick (1864-?) COOPER, Mario Ruben and FOSTER, Robert CECERE, Gaetano (1894-1985) CUHAJ, George (1960- ) CORBETT, Gail Sherman (1871-1952) CARTER, Granville W. (1920-1992) CULVER, Helen H. (fl 1929) CAMDEN, Harry Poole Junior (1900-1943) CROKER, John (1670-1741) CONANT, Isabell C. (fL 1920) COOK, John Alfred (1930- ) COLETTI, Joseph Arthur (1898-1973) CLARK, James Lippitt (1883-1969) CRUNELLE, Leonard (1872-1944) CRESSON, Margaret French (1889-1973) CHOATE, Nathanial (1899-1965) COPPINI, Pompeo (1870-1957) CROOK, Russell Gerry (1869-?) CHAMBELLAN, Rene Paul (1893-1955) CASHWAN, Samuel Adolph (1900-?) CLARKE, Thomas Shields (1860-1920) COLLINS, William (1893-1965) COUSINS, William C. (1930- ) DALLIN, Cyrus Edwin (1861-1944) DEMAREST, Abraham Sr. (fl 1866-1897) d'ANDREA, Albert Philip (1897-1983) BIRD, Albert G. (1801-1857) DAUB, Eugene L. (1942- ) DAMDTRA, Emily S. ( ) Diehl (J.A.) firm, Philadelphia. DAME, Forrest P. (1903-1976) DeROOS, J. Herman (?) DROST, Harold R. (?) DROST, Harold R. (?) DUHME, H. Richard (1914- ) DREYER, Jorgen Christian (1878-1948) DeROOS, J. Herman (?) DIEHL, John H. (active 1869-83) LADD, Anna Coleman (1878-1939) DRDAK, Maureen T. ( ) DRYFOOS, Nancy (1918-1991) DALRYMPLE, Ogden (1908-1991) DALTON, Peter C. (1894-1972) RUZICKA, Rudolph (1883-1978) DICKINSON, Robert Latou (1861-1950) DUNBAR, Ulric Stonewall Jackson (1862-1927) ESCHERICH, August William (1820-1863) EUE, Franz F. (1888-1937) FRASER, James Earle (1876-1953) ELLIS, Jarvis E. (1833-1922) EKIRCH, Kathryn L. ( fl 1956f) KRUSEMAN VAN ELTEN, Hendrik Dirk (1829-1904) EWING, Mildred (?) FALLS, Charles Buckles (1874-1960) FRASER, James Earle (1876-1953) FRANK, August Conrad (1864-1946) FAIRBANKS, Avard Tennyson (1897-1987) de FRANCISCI, Anthony (1887-1964) KERWIEN, A.F. (?) FOX, Barbara ( ) COOPER, Mario Ruben (1905-1995) and FOSTER, Robert FITZGERALD, Desmond (1846-1926) FRENCH, Daniel Chester (1850-1931 FUETER, Daniel Christian (1752-1844) FUCHS, Emil (1866-1929) FIERO, Emilie Louise (1889-1974) FERRELL, T. James (1939- ) FLANAGAN, John (1865-1952) FRANKI, Jamie ( ) FRASER, James Earle (1876-1953) FRASER, James Earle (1876-1953) FRANKI, Jamie ( ) FRIEDLANDER, Leo (1890-1966) FRASER, Laura Gardin (1889-1966) FOX Linda L. ( ) FIGUEROA, Melicio (?) FLOOD, Mary Emma (1900-1987) FJELDE, Paul (1892-1987) sculptor FARNHAM, Sally James (1876-1943) FERRELL, T. James (1939- ) GAMBLE, Edwin E. (fl 1951) GREGORY, Angela (1903-1990) GOODWIN, Charles (fl 1963) GRAVES, Charles H. (fl 1960) GEARY, Clifford N. (1908-1980) GALLAUDET, Elisha (c1730-1805) GOODWIN, Charles (?) de GERENDAY, Laci Anthony (1911-2001) GROVE, Edward Ryneal (1912-2002) GASPARRO, Frank (1909-2001) GRIMES, Frances (1869-1963) GUNZER, Gladys Smith (1939- ) GARDNER, Joseph B. (fl 1830s-1860) GREGORY, John (1879-1958) GRUPPE, Karl (1893-1982) GRIGOR, Margaret (1912-1981) GRIPPE, Peter J. (1912-1973) GAMBLE, Susan ( ) GREENHUT, William M. (fl1964 ) HASWELL, Ernest Bruce (1889-1965) HAWKINS, Benjamin Franklin (1896-1989) HINTON, Charles Louis (1869-1950) HULSEMAN, Edward (fl 1833-1847) HARTMANN, Adolph A. (1857-1926) HUNTINGTON, Anna Vaughn Hyatt (1876-1973) HARDIN, Adlai Stevenson (1901-1989) HUNTINGTON, Anna Vaughn Hyatt (1876-1973) HINTON, Charles Louis (1869-1950) HORTER, Charles D. (fl 1854-70) HORTER, Charles D. (fl 1854-70) HINTON, Charles Louis (1869-1950) HANSEN, Clint (?) HORD, Donal (1902-1966) HANRAHAN, Edward Mitchell (1892-1952) HASWELL, Ernest Bruce (1889-1965) HOBHOUS, Frances (1925-1979) HIGGINS, Frank Carlos (?-1928) Von HEBEL. Engelhardus (1892-1987) HOBHOUS, Frances (1925-1979) HAMLIN, Genevieve Karr (1896-1989) HAMLIN, Genevieve Karr (1896-1989) HERRING, Henry (1874=1949) HAYDEN, Hiram Washington (1820-1904) HOLTZHEY, Johann Georg (1729-1808) HARRIS, Julian Hoke (1906-1987) HENNING, John H. (1771-1851) HOFFECKER, Lyman William (1868-1955 HEISE, Margaret D. ( ) HAWKS, Rachel Marshall (1879-?) HOFFMAN, Malvina (1887-1966) HANSEN, Oscar J.W. (1892-1971) HEMPHILL, Phebe ( ) RICH, Frances L. (1910-?) HAWKS, Rachel Marshall (1879-?) HUGHEY, Sue C. (1934- ) HARDY, Thomas Austin (1921- ?) HIPSCHEN. Thomas ( ) HOLM, Victor S. (1876-1935) HANCOCK, Walker Kirtland (1901-1998) INGRAM, Thomas Wells (active 1808-38) DERIBERPE, M. (active 1852-3) ISKOWITZ, Joel ( ) JENNEWEIN, Carl Paul (1890-1978) JONES, Elizabeth (born 1935) JENSEN, Holger W. and Helen W. (1880-?) JUSZKO, Jenö (1880-1954) JONES, Thomas Hudson (1892-1969) JULIAN, Robert W. (1939- ) KATO, G.P. (?) KREIS, Henry (1899-1963) KROLL, Herman (?) KERWIEN, A.F. (? ) KACHEL, Brian (1976- ) KECK, Charles (1875-1951) KÜCHLER, Conrad Heinrich (c 1740-1810) KRETSCHMAN, Edward A. (1849-?) KAY, Elizabeth D. (1893-1987) KAWAMURA, Gozo (1886-1950) KREIS, Henry (1899-1963) KAMMERER, Herbert Lewis (1915-1985) KRANS, Horatio Sheafe (1872-?) KONTI, Isidore (1862-1938) KILENYI, Julio (1885-1959) KISELEWSKI, Joseph (1901-1988) KUNZ, Justin ( ) SCHNIER, Jacques P. (1898-1988) KARR, Lois M. (?) KORBEL, Mario (1882-1954) KRACZKOWSKI, Philip (1916-1996) KEEFE, Peter (?) KRIDER, Peter L. (1821-1903?) KEY, William H. (c1820-1900) KRAWCZEWICZ, William J. (?) LOVETT, George Hampden (1824-1894) LONGACRE, James Barton (1794-1869) LAMBERT, Jack Lincoln (1892-1967) LAESSLE, Albert (1877-1954) LUKEMAN, Augustus (1871-1935) LONGMAN, Evelyn Beatrice (1874-1954) LINCOLN, E.K. (?) LAUSER, Ernest (1917- ) LEYES, T.F. (?) FRASER, Laura Gardin (1889-1966) LOBER, Georg John (1892-1961) LOVETT, George Hampden (1824-1894) LATHROP, Gertrude Katherine (1896-1986) LONGACRE, James Barton (1794-1869) LAESSLE, Albert (1877-1954) LAMBERT, Jack Lincoln (1892-1967) LICARETZ, James (1949- ) Di LORENZO, Joseph (1920-2001) LOVETT, John Doubleday (1819-1896) LAMBERT, Jack Lincoln (1892-1967) WEEMS, Katherine Lane (1899-1989) LAWRIE, Lee (1877-1961) LENTELLI, Leo (1879-1961) LANTZ, Michael (1908-1988) LAYTON, Richard C. (1929- ) LAUBENHEIMER, Rudolph P. (1833-1905) LOHMAN, Robert (?) LOVETT, Robert Junior (1818-1879) Lo MEDICO, Thomas Gaetano (1904-1985) LEYES, T.F. ( ) LOW, Will Hicox (1853-1932) LONG, Walter Kinscella (1904-1986) MacNEIL, Hermon Atkins (1866-1947) MERRIAM, Joseph H. (fl 1850-75) MITCHELL, Henry (flourished 1845-1906) MONTANA, Pietro (1890-1978) MORGAN, George T. (1845-1925) MacKAYE, (Miss) A. (?) MANCA, Albino (1898-1976) MORGAN, Arthur C. (1904-1994) MORIN, Anthony C. (fl 1849-60, died 1873) MOORE, Bruce (1905-1980) MANKOWSKI, Bruno (1902-1990) SIMS, Bill (?) MOSE, Carl C. (1903-1973) MARTIN, Charles B. (?) MOSE, Carl C. (1903-1973) MILLER, Donald Richard (1925-1989) EYMANN, J.E. (fl 1859-68) MacMONNIES, Frederick William (1863-1937) MONNAIES, Frank (?) MORRIS, Frank ( ) MacNEIL, Hermon Atkins (1866-1947) MUELLER, Harold C. (1924- ) MAYOR, Harriet Hyatt (1868-1960) MESTROVIC, Ivan (1883-1962) LUNGER, Jane A. ( ) MERCANTI, John M. (1943- ) MILLER, Joseph Maxwell (1877-1933) MARTINO, Michel (1889-1969) MALDARELLI, Oronzio (1892-1963) MANSHIP, Paul (1885-1966) MONTANA, Pietro (1890-1978) MORRIS, Pat L. ( ) MASTERS, Richard ( ) MASTERS, Richard ( ) MENCONI, Ralph Joseph (1915-1972) MENCONI, Ralph Joseph (1915-1972) McCLURE, Thomas R. (1920- ) McKENZIE, Robert Tait (1867-1938) MILLER, Vincent H. (?) McVEY, William Mozart (1905-1995) MOSMAN, Warren T. (1908-1968) NATHAN, Philip (1941- ) NETTLESHIP, Anderson (1910-1981) NEWMAN, Allen George (1875-1940) NOTARO, Anthony (1915-1984) NEBEL, Berthold (1889-1964) NUGENT, Desmond K. (?) NI, Essen (1979- ) NOEL, Jeffery ( ) HARPER, Linda (?) NEMETH, Norman E. (1943-2012) NELSON, Paul F. (1902-1980) OCAMPO, Cargetano (fl 1865-1892) ORTMAYER, Constance (1902-1988) sculptor OSTROWSKY, Stanislaw Kasmierx Waclaw (1879-1947) OAKLEY, Violet (1874-1961) PAQUET, Anthony C. (1814-1882) LePERA, Anthony ( ) PAQUET, Anthony C. (1814-1882) PEABODY, Amelia (1890-1984) PIETZ. Adam (873-1961)) POLLACK, Ann Shaper (1932- ) PAEFF, Bashka (1893-1979) PUTNAM, Brenda (1890-1975) PRATT, Bela Lyon (1867-1917) PLATT, Eleanor (1910-1974) PRIESTER, Erac (1973- ) EPP, Arnold (1914-1987) PROCTOR, Gifford MacGregor (1912-?) PRAGER, G. Joseph (1907-1997) PONTER, James (?} PARAMINO, John Francis (1888-1956) PELOSO, Matthew (1910- ) de QUèLLIN, René Theophile (1854-1932) RUBINS, David Kresz (1902-1985) BELSKIE, Abram (1907-1988) RIEKER, Albert George (1889-1959) ROSS, Charles (1937- ) RUFO, Caesar R. (1929- ) ROTH, Frederick G (1872-1944) ROBERTS, Gilroy (1905-1992) REED, Hal (1921- ) RENIER, Joseph Emile (1887-1966) ROLLER, Marion Bender (1916-2012) sculptor RIZZELLO, Michael (1926-2004) NOEL, Jeffery R. (?) RENNINGER, Richard (?) REBECK, Steven Augustus (1891-1975) ROVELSTAD, Trygve A. (1903-1990) sculptor ROVELSTAD, Trygve A. (1903-1990) RICCI, Ulysses Anthony (1888-1960) RUOTOLO, Onorio (1888-1966) ROSENBAUER, Wallace (1900-1968) RUSSELL, Walter (1871-1963) RICH, Walter H. (1866-1948) SAINT-GAUDENS, Augustus (1848-1907) STEWART, Albert T. (1900-1965) EISENBERG, A. (fl 1926 ) SCHULTZ, Adolph H. (?) SOWARDS, BEN ( ) SCHULE, Clifford H. (?) SCHMITZ, Carl Ludwig (1900-1967) SMITH, David (1906-1965) SAARINEN, Eliel (1873-1950) SAVAGE, Edward (1761-1817) SCHROEDER, Ernest C. (?) SIGEL, Emil A. (c1820-c1884) SPRINGWEILER, Erwin Frederick (1896-1968) STEEVER, Edgar Zell IV (1915-2006) SCHLAG, Felix Oscar (1891-1974) SCHULTE, Fritz (?) SMITH, Frederick B. (1811- fl 1835-64) SARGENT, Frederick LeRoy (1863-1928) SCHROEDER, Georgann (?) SHMILOVSKY, Harry (?) SCHULER, Hans (1874-1951) SCHULER, Hans Carl (1912-1999) SCHNIER, Jacques P. (1898-1988) SINNOCK, John Ray (1888-1947) SWANSON, Jonathan M. (1888-1963) SCHWEIZER, J. Otto (1863-1955) SINNOCK, John Ray (1888-1947) BISTOLFI, Leonardo (1859-1933) STEVENS, Lawrence Tenney (1896-1972) SANDERS, Ron ( ) SEYMOUR, Ralph Fletcher (1876-1966) SCOTT, Richard T. ( ) SIMON, Sidney (1917-1997) SPICER-SIMSON, Theodore (1871-1959) SPICER-SIMSON, Theodore (1871-1959) SINZ, Walter Alexander (1881-1966) SHOYER, William (? SIMPSON, William Marks (1903-?) TANNER, John Sigismund (c1706-1775) THEILER, Charles F. (active 1874-88) TEFFT, Elden Cecil (1919- ) THOMPSON, Ernest Thorne (1897-1992) TAMKE, George R.F. (?) THOMAS, Joseph F. (fl 1832-52) TAFT, Lorado (1860-1936 SMITH, Jane W. Teagle (?) TEAGUE, Walter Dorwin (1883-1960) JEHU, John Milton (fl 1912-13) USHER, Leila (1859-1955) NETTLESHIP, Anderson (1910-1981) VICKERS, Charles L. (1937- ) von HEBEL, Engelhardus (1892-1987) Weinman, Adolph Alexander (1870-1952) WRIGHT, Charles Cushing (1796-1854) WEIN, Albert (1915-1991) Weinman, Adolph Alexander (1870-1952) WRIGHT, Charles Cushing (1796-1854) ANGELL, Carlton W. (1884-1964) WEAVER, Donna L. (1949- ) WILLIAMS, Dennis R. (1952- ) WERTHEIM, E. Bud (1926- ) BIGGS, Electra Waggoner (1912-2001) WARNER, Eddie (?) WEISTROP, Elizabeth Nealon (1916-1999) WOODWARD, Ellsworth (1861-1939) WOOD, Elizabeth Wyn (1903-1966) WEIL, Felix (1869-1958) WILLIAMS, Frederick Allen (1898-1958) WOOD, Elizabeth Wyn (1903-1966) WEINMAN, Howard Kenneth (1901-1976) WARNEKE, Heinz (1895-1983) WOOD, Isaac Francis (1841- ) WILSON, John Alpert (1878-?) WISSEMAN, John (?) WEHN, James A. (1882-?) PEDEN, M. Devoe White (?) sculptor WERNER, Peter Paul (1689-1771) WEINMAN, Robert Alexander (1915- ) WAKEMAN, Robert Carlton (1889-1964) WAUGH, Sidney (1904-1963) WILLIAMS, Wheeler (1897-1972) FREY, Erwin F. (1892-1968) FRY, Sherry Edmundson (1879-1966) KEY, Frederick C. (active 1840-60) KEY, William H. (c1820-1900) ZETTLER, Emil Robert (1878-1946) ZETTLER, Emil Robert (1878-1946) EUE, Franz F. (1888-1937) ZETTLER, Emil Robert (1878-1946) De ZAYAS, Georges (1894-1967) ZANINO, Louis (?) KAZ, Nathaniel (1917-?) SMITH, David (1906-1965) LEPAGE, Charles (?) |