Nathaniel Dearborn

Nathaniel Dearborn
View of Boston, woodcut by Dearborn

Nathaniel Dearborn (1786-1852) was an engraver in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.

1814 advertisement

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Brief biography

Dearborn was born in New England in 1786 to inventor Benjamin Dearborn.[1] Siblings included John M. Dearborn and Fanny Dearborn Hanman.[2]

He learned engraving from Abel Bowen in Boston.

By 1814 Dearborn ran his engraving business from quarters on School Street, Boston; later working on Market Street (ca.1823), State Street (ca.1826-1831) and Washington Street (ca.1832-1852).[3][4][5][6][7]

Around 1830, he also gave musical lessons on the flute.[8]

He died November 7, 1852, in South Reading.[9] His son, Nathaniel S. Dearborn, continued as an engraver and printer in Boston, working on Water Street (ca.1847-1851) and School Street (ca.1857-1868).[10][11][12][13] N.S. Dearborn exhibited several printed specimens in the 1850 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.[14] His grandson S.B. Dearborn also worked as a printer.[15]

Works by Dearborn

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References

  1. ^ Stauffer. American engravers upon copper and steel. NY: Grolier Club, 1907.
  2. ^ William R. Lawrence. A history of the Boston Dispensary. 1859.
  3. ^ Stauffer, 1907.
  4. ^ Boston Directory. 1823.
  5. ^ Boston Directory. 1832.
  6. ^ Boston Directory. 1847.
  7. ^ Boston Directory. 1851
  8. ^ Daily Columbian Centinel, Dec. 15, 1830; cited in Stauffer, 1907.
  9. ^ Stauffer. American engravers upon copper and steel. Grolier Club, 1907.
  10. ^ Boston Directory. 1847.
  11. ^ Boston Directory, 1851.
  12. ^ Boston Directory. 1861.
  13. ^ Boston Directory. 1868.
  14. ^ 6th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. 1850.
  15. ^ Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England. 1889; p.219.

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