Samuel Smith Kilburn Explained

Samuel Smith Kilburn (18311903) 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 (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]

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.

External links

• • • Not Against Type, blog by Larry Thompson. Image of Thompson's 2009 impression of Kilburn's change of address woodblock. Nov. 25, 2009.
• New York Public Library. Items related to Kilburn.

Notes and References

1. [Boston Directory]
2. American Broadsides and Ephemera, Series 1, no. 27665
3. New England historical and genealogical register. 1904.
4. Boston Directory. 1852
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=sfMCAAAAYAAJ Directory of the town of Newton
6. Web site: Boston Athenaeum .
7. Web site: MFA Boston . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070224100213/http://www.mfa.org/collections/search_art.asp?recview=true . 2007-02-24 .