John Foster
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Green, Samuel Abbott) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from John Foster: The Earliest American Engraver and the First Boston Printer John Foster was the earliest engraver in what is now the United States, and as the pioneer in his art he deserves a place in biographical literature. The known facts which make up his life are both few and scanty; and for that reason it is hard to write a sketch that would be worthy of the man. He lived at a period of time when no special encouragement was ever given to matters unless in their character they were religious or utilitarian; and while his work was not in a strict sense artistic, he followed the occupation in part as a slender means of livelihood. In my researches I have been able to pick up only the crumbs that lie scattered about under the table, though I hope that the time will come when more light may be thrown on his work, and when other facts may be found which bear on his life. He had the happy faculty of adapting himself to existing circumstances and doing fairly well whatever he was called on to do. He lived at a time when the various vocations of life had not been specialized, as now; and it was not uncommon then for a man to be a farmer or an innkeeper or anything else, if he could turn an honest penny by the calling. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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