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Samuel Smith Kilburn (18311903) was an engraver in
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, in the 19th century. He trained with
Abel Bowen __NOTOC__ Abel Bowen (1790-1850) was an engraver, publisher, and author in early 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. Biography Bowen was born in New York in 1790. Arriving in Boston in 1812, he worked as a printer for the Columbian Museum, at t ...
. Kilburn's work appeared in popular periodicals such as Gleason's Pictorial. His business partners included Richard P. Mallory (Kilburn & Mallory) and Henry C. Cross. For many years Kilburn worked at 96 Washington Street in Boston (1852-1871); he lived in
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. Examples of his work are in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.


Image gallery

Image:Logo Specimen of Designing bySSKilburn ca1865.png, S.S. Kilburn, engraver, Washington St., Boston, ca.1865 Image:Specimen of Designing title page bySSKilburn ca1865.png, Kilburn's ''Specimens of Designing and Engraving on Wood'', ca.1865 Image:RevereHouse Specimen of Designing bySSKilburn ca1865.png,
Revere House Revere House (1847–1912) was an upscale hotel in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, located on Bowdoin Square in the West End. Fire destroyed the building in 1912. Brief history William Washburn designed the hotel building, constructed ...
, Boston, ca.1865 Image:Press Specimen of Designing bySSKilburn ca1865.png, "Press-- Boston & Fairhaven Iron Co., Fairhaven, Mass.," ca.1865 Image:1868 Sweetser Abbott TemplePlace.png, Ad for Sweetser & Abbott, carpet dealers, Temple Place, Boston, 1868


Further reading


Works by Kilburn

* S.S. Kilburn
Specimens of designing and engraving on wood
Boston: ca.1865-1867. ;Works with engraving by Kilburn
My teacher's gem
Boston:
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, 1863 * Oliver Optic's Magazine * Our Young Folks


Works about Kilburn


New England historical and genealogical register
1904.


References


External links

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Not Against Type
blog by Larry Thompson. Image of Thompson's 2009 impression of Kilburn's change of address woodblock. Nov. 25, 2009. * New York Public Library
Items related to Kilburn
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kilburn, Samuel Smith American engravers 1831 births 1903 deaths 19th century in Boston Artists from Boston