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George Washington,
Gilbert Stuart (After), 
William Chapin (Maker), 
James Webster (Publishe ...
William Chapin
George Washington,
Gilbert Stuart (After), 
William Chapin (Maker), 
James Webster (Publishe ...
George Washington, Gilbert Stuart (After), William Chapin (Maker), James Webster (Publisher), 1835, Ink on paper; etching

William Chapin

American, 1801 - 1888
BiographyChapin worked as a cartographic engraver in New York and Philadelphia. He is purported to have been the first to engrave a map of the United States on steel. In 1849 he left engraving and became the Director of the Philadelphia Institute for the Blind.
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