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Sixteen scrapbooks, containing close to 10,000 wood-engravings by 19th-century master illustrator Alexander Anderson.

Background

Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) is considered one of America’s earliest and finest wood-engravers. During a career spanning seventy years, he produced a large number of illustrations for books, periodicals, newspapers, and other commercial ephemera, after both his own designs and those of other artists.

Related Resources

Books illustrated by Anderson are available in large libraries with strong 19th-century holdings, including NYPL.

Duyckinck, Evert. A Brief Catalogue of Books Illustrated with Engravings by Dr. Alexander Anderson with a Biographical Sketch of the Artist [1885]

Pomeroy, Jane Alexander. Anderson's Life and Engravings; with a Checklist of Publications Drawn from His Diary [1990]

Collection Data

Description: Wood-engravings by 19th-century master illustrator, Alexander Anderson that are pasted into four scrapbook albums.
Names: Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 (Wood engraver)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1800 - 1899 (Approximate); Place: New York
Library locations: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection; Shelf locator: MEM A545aa (Anderson, A. American engravings)
Genres: Prints; Scrapbooks; Illustrations
Notes: Biographical/historical: Alexander Anderson (1775-1870) is considered one of America’s earliest and finest wood-engravers and was a New York physician active during the city's Yellow Fever epidemics. During a career spanning seventy years, he produced a large number of illustrations for books, periodicals, newspapers, and other commercial ephemera, after both his own designs and those of other artists.
Physical Description: Wood engravings
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: 40707512; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13992112; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f4abcdc0-c63f-012f-0cdc-58d385a7bc34