EVENS, Platt (active 1854-60) seal-engraver, Cincinnati.
By 1858 Evens had reportedly engraved over 30,000 seals for customers worldwide according to
Moore. Groce & Wallace state he invented a seal press. Kenney stated he engraved Cincinnati
Civil War storecards.
Evidently he never signed any of his work, thus unknown.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 222.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1068.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E3 {1902-30} Forrer 7:283.
P2 {1917} Moore (Waldo C.) P. Evens, Engraver The Numismatist (June 1917) 30:6 p 247.
E8A {1951} Kenney manuscript file.
By 1858 Evens had reportedly engraved over 30,000 seals for customers worldwide according to
Moore. Groce & Wallace state he invented a seal press. Kenney stated he engraved Cincinnati
Civil War storecards.
Evidently he never signed any of his work, thus unknown.
B I O G R A P H I C A L R E F E R E N C E S
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 222.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:1068.
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E3 {1902-30} Forrer 7:283.
P2 {1917} Moore (Waldo C.) P. Evens, Engraver The Numismatist (June 1917) 30:6 p 247.
E8A {1951} Kenney manuscript file.