Samuel Smith Kilburn

Samuel Smith Kilburn (1831—1903) was an engraver in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He trained with Abel Bowen. Kilburn's work appeared in popular periodicals such as Gleason's Pictorial. His business partners included Richard P. Mallory (Kilburn & Mallory)^[1][2] and Henry C. Cross.^[3] For many years Kilburn worked at 96 Washington Street in Boston (c.1852-1871);^[4] he lived in Newton, Massachusetts.^[5] Examples of his work are in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum^[6] and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.^[7]

Image gallery

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  S.S. Kilburn, engraver, Washington St., Boston, ca.1865
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  Kilburn's Specimens of Designing and Engraving on Wood, ca.1865
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  Revere House, Boston, ca.1865
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  "Press-- Boston & Fairhaven Iron Co., Fairhaven, Mass.," ca.1865
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  Ad for Sweetser & Abbott, carpet dealers, Temple Place, Boston, 1868

Further reading

Works by Kilburn

• S.S. Kilburn. Specimens of designing and engraving on wood. Boston: ca.1865-1867.

Works with engraving by Kilburn

• My teacher's gem. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1863
• Oliver Optic's Magazine
• Our Young Folks

Works about Kilburn

• New England historical and genealogical register. 1904.

References

External links

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