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Nathaniel Dearborn (1786–1852) was an
engraver in 19th-century
Boston
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,
Massachusetts
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. He was born in New England in 1786 to inventor
Benjamin Dearborn;
[Stauffer. American engravers upon copper and steel. NY: Grolier Club, 1907.] siblings included John M. Dearborn and Fanny Dearborn Hanman. In Boston he learned engraving from
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Abel Bowen (1790-1850) was an engraver, publisher, and author in early 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.
Biography
Bowen was born in New York in 1790. Arriving in Boston in 1812, he worked as a printer for the Columbian Museum, at t ...
. 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).
Around 1830, he also gave musical lessons on the
flute.
He died November 7, 1852, in
South Reading.
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). N.S. Dearborn exhibited several printed specimens in the 1850 exhibition of the
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association
The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (est.1795) of Boston, Massachusetts, was "formed for the sole purposes of promoting the mechanic arts and extending the practice of benevolence." Founders included Paul Revere, Jonathan Hunnewell, a ...
. His grandson S.B. Dearborn also worked as a printer.
Illustrated Boston, the metropolis of New England
1889; p.219.
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'
Reminiscences of Boston, and Guide through the City and Environs
1851
* Dearborn'
Guide through Mount Auburn
1857
References
Images
Image:Boston byNathanielDearborn MFABoston.png, View of Boston, woodcut by Dearborn
Image:Approbation5 Dearborn Son Boston.png, Printed by Dearborn & Son
Image:1839 map Boston Deaborn 2674434011.jpg, 1839 map of Boston, printed by Dearborn & Son
Image:1840 NationalGalaxy Deaborn.png, Published by N. Dearborn, 1840
Image:TriangularWarehouse MerchantsRow Boston DearbornReminiscences.png, Triangular Warehouse, Merchants Row. Reminiscences of Boston, 1851
External links
* WorldCat
Dearborn, Nathaniel 1786-1852
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1786 births
1852 deaths
American engravers
Artists from Boston
19th-century American people