Andrew Varick Stout Anthony (1835, in
New York City
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– 1906) was a
United States
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wood engraver
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.
Biography
Anthony was the son of Eliza (Stout) and John Anthony. He studied drawing and engraving under the best teachers in New York, and was one of the original members of the
American Water Color Society
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. He passed part of his professional life in New York and
California
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, but settled in
Boston
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in 1878.
He was married to Mary Aurelia (Walker). His grandson was actor
Osgood Perkins
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Life and career
Perkins was born in West Newton, Massachusetts, son of Henry Phelps Perkins Jr., and his wife, Helen Virginia (née Anthony). His maternal g ...
, his great-grandson was actor
Anthony Perkins
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, and his great-great-grandson is actor
Oz Perkins
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Early life
Perkins was born in Manhattan, New York, the elder son of actor Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) and photog ...
.
Works
His most conspicuous success was achieved as a line engraver. Among his best known works are the illustrations for
John Greenleaf Whittier
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's ''
Snow-Bound
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'' (1867), ''Ballads of New England'' (1870), and ''Mabel Martin'' (1876);
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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's ''
Skeleton in Armor
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'' (1877), and
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, from a family long associated with that t ...
's ''
The Scarlet Letter
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'' (1878). The illustrated edition of Geraldine (a " romance" written by Alphonso A. Hopkins in 1881) was published in 1887 with illustrations "drawn, engraved, and printed under the supervision of A.V.S. Anthony." It is a particularly interesting edition because the illustrations are not only demonstrative of the themes, but are accurate drawings of sites and features along the St. Lawrence River.
[Geraldine, A Poem. With Illustrations. Copyright 1881 by James R. Osgood & Co; 1887 by Ticknor & Co.]
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1835 births
1906 deaths
American engravers
American illustrators
Artists from Boston
Artists from New York City
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