Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . e engraving, and his inventions includemany appliances, the principal of which, besidethe geometrical lathe, are machines-for engine-turning and transfer presses. He was a skilledworkman of unusual ability, and was consideredcapable of working in twenty-two occupations.—His brother. Asher Brown, artist, b. in Jefferson,N. J., 21 Aug., 1700; d. in South Orange, 17 Sept., 1886, acquiredin his fathers work-shop some knowledgeof the elementaryprocesses of engrav-ing. At first he con-fined his attention tocutting initials onspoons and similarobjects. Hi
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . e engraving, and his inventions includemany appliances, the principal of which, besidethe geometrical lathe, are machines-for engine-turning and transfer presses. He was a skilledworkman of unusual ability, and was consideredcapable of working in twenty-two occupations.—His brother. Asher Brown, artist, b. in Jefferson,N. J., 21 Aug., 1700; d. in South Orange, 17 Sept., 1886, acquiredin his fathers work-shop some knowledgeof the elementaryprocesses of engrav-ing. At first he con-fined his attention tocutting initials onspoons and similarobjects. His earliestattempts at engrav- /ing print- were made\Jj? plates rolled out, +£rg: of copper coins and ^^W&^ With gravels of his own make. The suc-?<?--, of these effortsled to a corn missionto copy a portrait onthe lid of a snuff-box. In 1812 he wasapprenticed to Peter Maverick, an engraver inNew York city, and five years later he was ad-mitted into partnership with his master. Hisfirst original work was a Beggar, after a paint-.
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