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George Hewitt Cushman

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and resided there for twenty years, appearing in the city's directory as a miniature painting and portrait painter. In 1849 he married Susan Wetherill. While in Philadelphia he engraved printing plates for many books, including
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remarked that his miniatures "were always remarkable for purity and simplicity of character as well as tone". However his extreme modesty always precluded him from ever exhibiting his miniatures save only to his friends.
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displayed examples of his engravings in a presentation of the works of one hundred notable American engravers. A group of his miniatures were publicly displayed front and center at the Retrospective Exhibition of the
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His genius would have placed him atop most American miniature painters. His signed engravings were noted as being "executed with much taste and ability".
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In 1862 he moved to New York City and created miniature paintings and portraits until his death at a water cure. His funeral was held at Chalkley Hall in
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He died on August 3, 1876, in Jersey City, New Jersey, and was interred at
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He primarily engraved notes for state banks until the creation of the
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in Washington D.C. caused him to retire from this work.
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Windham, Connecticut
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Jersey City Heights, New Jersey
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Painter
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engraver
portraits
Edward Greene Malbone
West Point
Washington Allston
line engraving
Seth
John Cheney
Boston
Philadelphia
James Fenimore Cooper
Charles Dickens
Frances S. Osgood
William Rounseville Alger
Edwin Forrest
Lord Byron
National Banking Act
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Frankford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
Sara Jane Lippincott

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