Peter Wyon

{{Short description|English engraver (1767-1822)}}

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Peter Wyon (1767–1822) was a British engraver of medals and coins. He was born into a family who had a long tradition of dye-engraving.{{cite book|last1=Flynn|first1=Brendan|title=RBSA: A Place for Art: The story of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists|date=2014|publisher=Callprint|location=Liverpool|pages=52, 24}} He was the son of George Wyon, as well as the brother of Thomas Wyon, with whom he went into business for a short time.{{cite web|title=Biography for Peter Wyon|url=http://www.bmagic.org.uk/people/Peter+Wyon|website=Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery|access-date=22 June 2015}} Both his nephew, Thomas Wyon, and his son, William Wyon, held the position of Chief Engraver at the Royal Mint.{{cite web|last1=Kenyon|first1=Ronald W.|title=Medallist William Wyon|url=http://johnmadjackfuller.homestead.com/williamwyon.html|website=John 'Mad Jack' Fuller|access-date=22 June 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Milano|first1=Carlo|title=The talent and the temperament|url=http://www.royalmintmuseum.org.uk/Default.aspx?PageID=13234880&A=SearchResult&SearchID=1754563&ObjectID=13234880&ObjectType=1|website=The Royal Mint Museum|access-date=22 June 2015}}

After his brother went to London, Wyon remained working in Birmingham.{{cite book|last1=Carlisle|first1=Nicholas|last2=Wyon|first2=William|title=A memoir of the life and works of William Wyon|date=1837|publisher=W Nichol|location=Oxford|page=36}} Wyon worked for the manufacturer and business man, Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) in Soho, Birmingham. He was associated with the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.