CALLENDER, Joseph (1751-1821) Colonial American engraver.
Born Boston, Massachusetts, 6 May 1751.
Engraver, diesinker with Jacob Perkins (q.v.) for
Massachusetts Mint. Listed as engraver in Boston 1805-21.
Worked with Paul Revere (q.v.) engraving printing plates
for Royal American Magazine (Boston, 1774).
Died Boston, Massachusetts, 10 November 1821.
C O I N S
1788 Massachusetts Cent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Breen 970-971
M E D A L S
1787 Columbia and Washington [State} Medal (possibly struck by
Paul Revere; attrib to Callender by Rulau). . . . Rulau Ore-4
Illustrated: M57 {2007} Jaeger-Bowers, 100 Greatest #31
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 54.
Px {1926} New-York Historical Society 10:3 (October).
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 103.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 127.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:545- 546.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 3:217 (4 liness).
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E8 {1951} Kenney, p 7.
R9 {1986} McGuinn and Bazelon, p 15-16.
O12 {1988} Breen 970-971, p 87-89.
R10 {1990} Bazelon and McGuinn, p 21.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 48.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 14, Ore-4, p 49.
M57{2007} Jaeger (Katherine) and Bowers (Q. David) 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens. 1787 Columbia and Washington Medal listed as #31, p 42.
Born Boston, Massachusetts, 6 May 1751.
Engraver, diesinker with Jacob Perkins (q.v.) for
Massachusetts Mint. Listed as engraver in Boston 1805-21.
Worked with Paul Revere (q.v.) engraving printing plates
for Royal American Magazine (Boston, 1774).
Died Boston, Massachusetts, 10 November 1821.
C O I N S
1788 Massachusetts Cent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Breen 970-971
M E D A L S
1787 Columbia and Washington [State} Medal (possibly struck by
Paul Revere; attrib to Callender by Rulau). . . . Rulau Ore-4
Illustrated: M57 {2007} Jaeger-Bowers, 100 Greatest #31
B I O G R A P I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D8 {1926} Fielding, p 54.
Px {1926} New-York Historical Society 10:3 (October).
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 103.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 127.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:545- 546.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 3:217 (4 liness).
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E8 {1951} Kenney, p 7.
R9 {1986} McGuinn and Bazelon, p 15-16.
O12 {1988} Breen 970-971, p 87-89.
R10 {1990} Bazelon and McGuinn, p 21.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 48.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 14, Ore-4, p 49.
M57{2007} Jaeger (Katherine) and Bowers (Q. David) 100 Greatest American Medals and Tokens. 1787 Columbia and Washington Medal listed as #31, p 42.