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Surname	Wyon	Alternative Surname
First Name	James	Initial of Surname	W
Year of Birth/Baptism	1804	Flourished
Year of Death	1868
Biographical Details	He worked as an assistant to his cousin William Wyon and was probably the ‘J Wyon’ of Birmingham who was awarded a silver Isis medal from the Society of Arts in 1820 for a copy of a head in miniature (RSA Transactions, 1820, vol 38, xxxv). Literary References: Pyke 1973, 160, 161; ODNB (Attwood)