Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 48: Reilly Robins (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

9780266446149: Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 48: Reilly Robins (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 48: Reilly Robins

Reisen, charles christian (1680 gem-engraver, born in 1680 in the parish of St. Clement Danes, London, was the eldest son of Christian Reisen, a goldsmith, of Trondjhem in Norway. The elder Reisen, leaving Norway, Visited Scot land about 1664, and worked for two years at Aberdeen for a goldsmith named Melvin. In September 1666 he came to London, and began to work as an engraver of seals. He was afterwards confined to the Tower for four years on suspicion of engraving dies for coining, but was discharged without a trial, and died in England about 1700, leaving a Widow and several children.

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