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ALLEN, Joel Knott  (1755-1825) Early American copperplate engraver, miniaturist.
            Born Farmington, Connecticut, 1755.
            Died Middletown, Connecticut, 1825.
            Not to be confused with Allen, Joel Nott, 1866-1940.]

            C   O   I   N   S

n.d. (1796?) Jacob's Theatre at New York Penny (engraved
            by Benjamin Jacobs, struck by Peter Skidmore, London;
            from a flat engraving by Allen from a drawing by
            Elkanah Tisdale, NY). . . . . Rulau NY 892, Breen 1055

            B I O G R A P I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 5.
E5   {1907} Stauffer.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 15.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 87.
D3a {2006} Benezit. Dictionary of Artists, 1:324 (Allen, Joseph Nott).
            N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

E3   {1902-30} Forrer 3:43-45, 5:542-543.
O12 {1988} Breen 1055, p 104-5.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 14; NY 892 41.
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