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EDWIN, David  (1776-1841) Colonial American stipple engraver.
           Born Bath, England, December 1776. Came to America 1797.
           Trained with portrtaitist Edward Savage until he became one.
           Died Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 22 February 1841.

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1810 Sons of Washington Badge (obv port George Washington
           after Gilbert Stuart's Athenaeum head) . . . . . . .

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

Px  {1900} Hart (Charles Henry)  Sons of Washington. Pennsylvania Magazine of             
           History and Biography 24:1 (Jan 1900) p 128.
E5  {1907} Stauffer.
BDAB{1946} Dictionary of American Biography, 3:1 p 47-48, by [J.J.] Joseph Jackson.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 207-208.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 252.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1020.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 5:79.
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