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George Girdler Smith

George Girdler Smith (September 8, 1795 – December 18, 1878) was an engraver in Boston. He kept a studio on Washington Street. Collaborators included William B. Annin (Annin & Smith), Charles A. Knight and George H. Tappan (Smith, Knight & Tappan).

Smith was born in Danvers, Massachusetts. He belonged to several civic and social groups in Boston, including the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston Light Infantry, and the Freemasons. "In the year 1819 he was initiated a Freemason in Columbian Lodge, and in 1826 became its master, holding the position, at intervals of time, for 7 years. ... He was subsequently master of the Massachusetts Lodge, and deputy grand master in 1837-1839." He died December 18, 1878, in Boston.

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;Engravings by Smith: Image:1838 Joanna frontispiece Narrative byStedman engr byGeorgeGSmith NYPL.jpeg|Portrait of Joanna; frontispiece to John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of Joanna, an Emancipated Slave of Surinam (Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838) Image:1840 GoreHall HarvardCollege engr byGGSmith.png|Gore Hall, Harvard College, 1840 Image:1840 HarrisonConvention DanversMA engr byGGSmith DanversPublicLibrary.png|Ribbon badge, William Henry Harrison Convention, Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1840 Image:FortDuQuesne 1755 battle engr byGeorgeGSmith NYPL.jpeg|Fort Duquesne; plan of the field of battle and disposiotion of the troops: as they were on the March at the time of the attack July 9, 1755

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William Dunlap. (1918). "A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States". C.E. Goodspeed & Co..
(1848). "Boston Directory".
(1908). "Catalogue of an Exhibition of Early American Engraving Upon Copper: 1727-1850". Grolier Club.
(1858). "Boston Directory".
(April 1879). "New England Historical and Genealogical Register".

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