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Nathaniel Dearborn
American artist (1786–1852) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nathaniel Dearborn (1786 – November 7, 1852) was an American engraver. Boston.
Biography
He was born in New England, in 1786, to inventor Benjamin Dearborn;[1] siblings included John M. Dearborn and Fanny Dearborn Hanman.[2] He later moved to Boston, learning engraving from Abel Bowen. By 1814, Dearborn worked from quarters on School Street; later moving to Market Street (ca.1823), State Street (ca.1826–1831) and Washington Street (ca.1832–1852).[1][3] Around 1830, he also gave musical lessons on the flute.[4]
He died November 7, 1852, in South Reading.[1] 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).[5][6] N.S. Dearborn exhibited several printed specimens in the 1850 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association.[7] His grandson S.B. Dearborn also worked as a printer.[8]
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Works by Dearborn
- Views from the Mass. State House, Boston. ca.1838.
- American Textbook for Letters. 1842.
- Boston Notions; an Account of That Village from 1630 to 1847. 1848
- Dearborn's Reminiscences of Boston, and Guide through the City and Environs. 1851
- Dearborn's Guide through Mount Auburn. 1857
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