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Alexander Fridge, by Edward Savage, 1810. Oil on canvas. 30 5/64 x 24 27/32 in. (76.4 x 63.1 cm.) Maryland Historical Society, Accession: 1949-14-1.
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Medium/Discipline: Painting, Works on Paper
Birthplace: Princeton, New Jersey
Place of Death: Princeton, New Jersey
Maryland Affiliation: Active while in residence
Prominent Theme: Panoramas; Portraits
Gender: Male
Race/Ethnicity: White
Biography: Edward Savage, from Princeton, New Jersey, is believed to have been a goldsmith before shifting his trade to that of portrait painter. He is first recorded as a painter in the Cambridge city directories in 1789. While in Cambridge, he painted a portrait of George Washington for Harvard University. In 1791, he went to London where he studied with Benjamin West and learned engraving. He became well known as an engraver in stipple and mezzotint. In 1795, he settled in Philadelphia and there painted his popular painting of George Washington and his family. He was the first artist to exhibit in Philadelphia a panoramic view (the painting was of London and Westminster in England.) Then in 1800, Savage moved to New York, where he established the New York Museum, later called the Columbian Gallery, in partnership with David Bowen. Savage had a studio in Baltimore in 1810.
Taught By: Benjamin West, London
Art-related Employment: painter; museum founder; engraver
Other Employment: goldsmith?
Selected References: Pleasants, J. Hall. Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland (Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art), 1945.
Maryland Institutions Holding Artworks: Maryland Historical Society
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