Nathan Read: profile portrait, captioned “Drawn & engrd

by St. Memin Philadel.” by Charles Saint-Menin

$650 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

1 vols. Circular image 2-1/4 inches diameter, on light card stock 7-3/4 x 5 inches overall. Fine condition. Groce and Wallace, Dictionary of Artists in America, p. 555. Item #17786 Read was an inventor who patented various designs for a steamboat, became a iron manufacturer, and served two terms in Congress, the first commencing in 1800, the approximate date of this engraving. Saint-Mémin 1770-1852 emigrated to the U.S. with his family

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