KEENAN, William J.  (active 1830-55) Early American engraver.
          Born in Charleston, South Carolina, about 1810.
          Worked in Philadelphia 1830-1833, back in Charleston,
          1845-55. He made medals and engraved on silver.

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1850 Mexican War Palmetto Regiment Medal . . . . . .
          Auctions:. . . . . . . . . . . PCA 51:86, PCA 60:87, PCA 61:92,
                    PCA 65:247, PCA 66:116
1850ca South Carolina Institute Medal [dates/issue:
          1850?-1857]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .Harkness SC-90
          Auctions:. . . . . . . .  PCA 62:376, PCA 71:525, PCA 72:655
          Illustrated: M63 {2009} Harkness & Corio, page . . . . . .145

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

D8   {1926} Fielding, p 195-196, 484.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 362.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 478.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1807.
D3a {2006} Benezit.Dictionary of Artists, p 7:1136 (4 lines).

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

M57 {2007} Jaeger (Katherine) and Bowers (Q. David)  100 Greatest American Medals            
          and Tokens. 1850 Mexican War Palmetto Regiment Medal listed as #113 in            
          second 100 greatest, p 112.
M63 {2009} Harkness & Corio, SC-90 p 145.