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FRAZEE, John  (1790-1852) Early American sculptor.
           Born Rahway, New Jersey, 18 July 1790.
           Died Crompton Mills, Rhode Island, 1852.
           His bust of Chief Justice John Jay in U.S. Capitol.

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1834 Colden (Cadwallader D.) Marble Bas-relief [88-89]

           R  E  P  L  I  C  A  S    &    R  E  I  S  S  U  E  S

1876 Washington (George) Button Replica (of 1824;
           struck by Scovill in 1876 and again in 1916) . . . .
           Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J&J 23:653

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1824 Washington (George) Button (Washington portrait
           engraved by Charles Cushing Wright after painting
           by John Frazee; struck by Scovill, Waterbury)
           [Voss: page 70-71]

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

BL  {1906} A.L.A. Portrait Index, p 540.
D8  {1926} Fielding, p 127.
A2  {1927} Fairman, p 98.
BE  {1943} Webster's Biographical Dictionary, p 552.
BDAB{1946} Dictionay of American Biiography, 4:1 pp 320-322 by
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 241.
A12 {1968} Craven, passim, (biblio) 736.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 297.
H18 {1986} Voss (Frederick S.)  John Frazee 1790-1852, Sculptor.  Washington and             
           Boston: National Portrait Gallery and the Boston Athenacum. (1986)  120 pages, illus.
A42 {1993} Reynolds, p 171.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1183.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 5:1046.
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