# Lewis Pingo

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{{short description|English medallist & engraver (1743–1830)}}

'''Lewis Pingo''' (1743 - 26 August 1830), was an eighteenth century [medal](/source/medal)list and [engraver](/source/engraver).<ref name="OxfordDNB">{{cite web |author=W. W. Wroth |title=LEWIS PINGO |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.001.0001/odnb-9780192683120-e-22297 |website=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=1 April 2023 |ref=OxfordDNB |date=1895|doi=10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.013.22297 }}</ref> From a family of engravers and medallists, he was the son of the Assistant Engraver at the Mint, [Thomas Pingo](/source/Thomas_Pingo). He was also the brother of the engraver, [John Pingo](/source/John_Pingo) and the [York Herald](/source/York_Herald), [Benjamin Pingo](/source/Benjamin_Pingo).<ref name="PINGOFAM">{{cite ODNB |author=W. W. Wroth |title=PINGO FAMILY |url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-63939 |access-date=1 April 2023 |ref=OxfordDNB |date=1895|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/63939 }}</ref>

==Career==
In 1776 he was appointed to succeed his father as assistant-engraver at the mint where he served until 1779 when he was appointed chief engraver.<ref name="OxfordDNB"/> Pingo engraved the dies for the shillings and sixpences of George III in the issue of 1787 and the second variety of the Maundy money of George III.<ref name="Hawkins">{{cite book |last1=Hawkins |first1=Edward |title=The Silver Coins of England |date=1841 |publisher=E. Lumley |location=London |page=411}}</ref><ref name="Hawkins416">{{cite book |last1=Hawkins |first1=Edward |title=The Silver Coins of England |date=1841 |publisher=E. Lumley |location=London |page=416}}</ref> He also engraved dies for the three-shilling Bank token and for the East India Company's copper coinage.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Urban |first1=Sylvanus |title=The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle |date=1818 |volume=88 |issue=1 |page=180 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZcdDAQAAMAAJ}}</ref> He made patterns for the guinea, seven-shilling piece, penny and halfpenny of George III.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Crowther |first1=Geoffrey |title=A Guide to English Pattern Coins in Gold, Silver, Copper, and Pewter: From Edward I. to Victoria, With Their Value |date=1887 |publisher=L.U. Gill |location=London |page=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Montagu |first1=Hyman |title=The Copper, Tin and Bronze Coinage and Patterns for Coins of England |date=1885 |publisher=Rollin & Feuardent |location=London |page=105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGg-AQAAMAAJ}}</ref> Among Pingo's medals may be noticed: medal of Dr. Richard Mead, struck in 1773; the Royal Society Copley medal, with bust of Captain J. Cook, 1776; Freemasons' Hall medal, 1780; ‘Defence of Gibraltar,’ 1782; Christ's Hospital medal, reverse, open bible; medal of William Penn.<ref name="Hawkins675">{{cite book |last1=Hawkins |first1=Edward |title=The Silver Coins of England |date=1841 |publisher=E. Lumley |location=London |page=675}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cochran- Patrick |first1=Robert |title=Catalogue of the medals of Scotland |date=1884 |location=London |page=108}}</ref><ref name="Hawkins348">{{cite book |last1=Hawkins |first1=Edward |title=The Silver Coins of England |date=1841 |publisher=E. Lumley |location=London |page=348}}</ref> His medals are signed L. P. and L. PINGO.<ref name="OxfordDNB"/>

==Personal life==
Lewis Pingo was born in the year 1743 in [London](/source/London).<ref>{{cite web |title=Lewis Pingo 1743 - 1830 |url=https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/people/cp75706/lewis-pingo  |website=Collection |publisher=The Science Museum Group |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref> He married twice and had eight daughters.<ref name="PINGOFAM"/> One of his wives was Sarah Rowley, daughter of [Vice-Admiral](/source/Vice-Admiral) [Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet](/source/Joshua_Rowley), one of their daughters, Sarah Pingo married John Horton of Sheriffhales Manor, [Shifnal](/source/Shifnal) and was the grandmother of Mary Julia Horton who married [John Moore Lester](/source/John_Moore_Lester).<ref name="PINGOFAM"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Cokayne |first1=George Edward |title=The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes |date=1900 |location=Gloucester |page=253}}</ref>

Pingo died at [Camberwell](/source/Camberwell) on 26 August 1830.<ref name="OxfordDNB"/>

==Gallery==
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File:1783 Royal Society of London Medal ND by Lewis Pingo in James Cook's Memory, obverse.jpg|1783 [Royal Society of London](/source/Royal_Society) Medal
File:George III guinea MET DP-1424-019.jpg|George III Guinea
File:George III guinea MET DP-1424-020.jpg|George III Guinea
File:George III guinea, "Military" type MET DP-1424-021.jpg|Military George III Guinea
File:George III guinea, "Military" type MET DP-1424-022.jpg|Military George III Guinea
</gallery>

==References==
{{cite DNB |wstitle=Pingo, Lewis |last=Wroth |first=Warwick William |authorlink=Warwick William Wroth |volume=45 |pages=314–315 |vb=1}}
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