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His father, Andrea Giuntini, was born ca.
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Lorenzo Giuntini
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1843 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. 1808 in Italy and, having immigrated to England, married Mary Woulds on 12 May 1839 in Lincoln. Lorenzo Giuntini married Susannah Louisa Barnett on 11 September 1866 in Frome, Somerset and had 8 children.
He died in London on 29 December 1920.
Lorenzo Giuntini was a plaster modeller. Lorenzo worked at one time for a known firm in the field, Brucciani (Brucciani Doctorate, &Company Limited, 40 Russel street, Covent Garden).
Lorenzo Giuntini took part in several archaeological expeditions:
in 1883 et 1885, in Quiriguá (Guatemala) and Copán (Honduras) with Alfred Maudslay, where he made plaster moulds of low-reliefs
in 1892 in Persepolis with Herbert Weld-Blundell: the plaster was replaced by "papier-mâché", due to transport difficulties. These expeditions were covered by articles in the Times on 19 August 1893, 9 September 1892 and 27 November 1898.
Some of Lorenzo"s casts are displayed in the British Museum.
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United Kingdom