Alexander Anderson (illustrator)
Dr Alexander Anderson (April 21, 1775 – January 17, 1870) was an American illustrator.[2]
He was born in New York City to Scottish parents.[3] "At the age of twelve years he made his first attempts at engraving on copper, frequently using pennies rolled out, and on type-metal plates. He received no instruction, and his knowledge was acquired by watching jewelers and other workmen." He is one of the earliest American wood-engravers. He produced works for books, periodicals, and newspapers. Anderson is the author of the cartoon Ograbme, a spoof on the Embargo Act of 1807.[citation needed]
He was also a contemporary of Thomas Bewick, and published his first work in Arnaud Bernaud's "The Looking Glass of the Mind" in 1794.
Anderson died in 1870, at the age of 94.
References
- ↑ Oak Knoll Press, New Castle DE 19720 & American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA 01609
- ↑ Alexander Anderson | People | Collection of Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
- ↑
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Pomeroy, Jane R. ALEXANDER ANDERSON'S NEW YORK CITY DIARY, 1793 TO 1799. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press and American Antiquarian Society, 2014.
Pomeroy, Jane R. ALEXANDER ANDERSON, 1775-1870, WOOD ENGRAVER AND ILLUSTRATOR, AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY. New Castle, DE and Worcester, MA: Oak Knoll Press and the American Antiquarian Society, 2005.
External links
- The works of Alexander Anderson at the NYPL Digital Gallery
- The Alexander Anderson Print Collection at the New-York Historical Society
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