Английская Википедия:George Girdler Smith
George Girdler Smith (September 8, 1795 – December 18, 1878) was an engraver in Boston.[1] He kept a studio on Washington Street.[2] Collaborators included William B. Annin (Annin & Smith),[3] Charles A. Knight and George H. Tappan (Smith, Knight & Tappan).[4]
Smith was born in Danvers, Massachusetts. He belonged to several civic and social groups in Boston, including the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston Light Infantry, and the Freemasons. "In the year 1819 he was initiated a Freemason in Columbian Lodge, and in 1826 became its master, holding the position, at intervals of time, for 7 years. ... He was subsequently master of the Massachusetts Lodge, and deputy grand master in 1837-1839."[5] He died December 18, 1878, in Boston.[5] Шаблон:TOC right
Image gallery
- Engravings by Smith
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Portrait of Joanna; frontispiece to John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of Joanna, an Emancipated Slave of Surinam (Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838)
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Gore Hall, Harvard College, 1840
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Ribbon badge, William Henry Harrison Convention, Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1840
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Fort Duquesne; plan of the field of battle and disposiotion of the troops: as they were on the March at the time of the attack July 9, 1755
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External links
- WorldCat. Smith, George Girdler 1795-1878
- Bostonian Society. Works by G.G. Smith.
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Works by G.G. Smith.
- Massachusetts Historical Society. Work by Smith
- Boston Public Library. Plan of Boston comprising a part of Charlestown and CambridgeШаблон:Dead link, by G.G. Smith, 1846. Later versions: 1851Шаблон:Dead link, 1855Шаблон:Dead link, 1857Шаблон:Dead link, 1858Шаблон:Dead link, 1859Шаблон:Dead link, 1860Шаблон:Dead link.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ "William B. Annin. Born and died in Massachusetts. He was probably a pupil of Abel Bowen, as he was working for Bowen in 1813. After doing considerable work over his own name, in 1823, he became a partner of George Girdler Smith." Cf. Шаблон:Cite book
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- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Citation
