General Washington's Resignation
1799 · Engraving and etching; second state
Image: 6 in. × 3 3/4 in. (15.3 × 9.5 cm)
Sheet: 8 1/16 × 4 7/8 in. (20.5 × 12.4 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Alexander Lawson
1773
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Alexander Lawson was a Scottish-American intaglio artist and engraver based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who earned renown as the primary engraver of American Ornithology 9 vols. (1808–1814), authored by Alexander Wilson (1766–1813). Lawson engraved fifty copper plates for that work, and also contributed to the extended editions authored or edited by George Ord (1781–1866) and Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803–1857). Lawson also engraved for several magazines in Philadelphia, including the Port Folio and Philadelphia Medical Museum.
Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago
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