LOSSING, Benson John  (1813-1891) illustrator, wood engraver.
            Born Beekman, Dutchess County, New York, 12 February 1813.
            Died Dover Plains, New York, 3 June 1891.
            His monumental work, Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution,
            and other books with so many of his engravings, has served as
            the source for a great many medallic designs despite the fact
            only one designer documented Lossing as his source.

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1974 Shakers Arrival in America Bicentennial Medal (by
            H.C. Hancock after Lossing). . . . . . . . . . . . .
            Collection: American Numismatic Society. . . . 1975.85.1

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

D15 {1926} Fielding, p 220, 491.
BDAB{1946} Dictionary of American Biography 6:1 p 421- 422,
            [L.S.M.] Lawrence S.             Mayo.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 404.
BH  {1963} Who Was Who In America, p 322.
D33 {1983} Wright, p 98.
D33 {1986} Opitz, p 555.
BANB{1999} American National Biography 13:932-933 by Alfred H. Marks.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:2063.

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

N33 {1998} Bowers, passim (31 citations).