#The Life of Benjamin Franklin

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Wood Engraving Wednesday

ALEXANDER ANDERSON

Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) is well-known for popularizing the wood engraving for book illustration in Great Britain and Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) is his American counterpart as one of the earliest of American wood engravers. He trained and worked as a physician and was self-taught as an engraver. By 1820 he committed himself entirely to illustrating books with wood engravings.

Shown here are wood engravings from the 1848 biography The Life of Benjamin Franklin by O. L. Holley, published in New York by educational book publisher George F. Cooledge & Brother. The engraved title page was engraved by Anderson from an illustration by American artist Tompkins Harrison Matteson (1813-1884). The remainder of the illustrations in the book were engraved by Anderson from illustrations by Anderson's student and frequent collaborator William Penn Morgan (active 1811-1872).

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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Benjamin Franklin

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Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Benjamin Franklin

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Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Benjamin Franklin

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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Benjamin Franklin

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Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

Benjamin Franklin

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Lost time is never found again.

Benjamin Franklin

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Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Benjamin Franklin

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Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Benjamin Franklin

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Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

Benjamin Franklin

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Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. Benjamin Franklin

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Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Benjamin Franklin

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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Benjamin Franklin

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Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Benjamin Franklin