Alfred Benjamin Wyon

Alfred Benjamin Wyon
Born(1837-09-28)28 September 1837
Willesden, Middlesex, England
Died4 June 1884(1884-06-04) (aged 46)
Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Known forMedals

Alfred Benjamin Wyon (28 September 1837 – 4 June 1884) was an English medallist, a member of the Wyon family of engravers and medallists.

Biography

Alfred Benjamin Wyon was born in Willesdon, then part of Middlesex but now an outer suburb of London, on 28 September 1837. He was the third son of Benjamin Wyon, also a medallist as well as Chief Engraver of the Seals. He was a brother of Allan Wyon and Joseph Shepherd Wyon. Alfred was trained alongside Joseph under his father and later at the Royal Academy Schools.

Alfred, with his brother Joseph, took over his father's firm, renaming it J. S. and A. B. Wyon. They also both became Chief Engraver of the Seals from 1865 and, with only Alfred having the title after Joseph's death in 1873.

Alfred Wyon married Kate in 1868. He died in his home in Hampstead in 1884.

Works

Alfred's brother Allan Wyon completed and posthumously published his work, The Great Seals of England, in 1887.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Stocker, Mark (2003). Wyon family. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T092501.
  2. ↑ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23), "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/64499, retrieved 2026-07-10
  3. ↑ "Alfred Benjamin Wyon - Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951". sculpture.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-07-10.
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  5. ↑ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2026-07-10.