biography
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| lived:
| (1790–1852)
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| biography:
| Sculptor, born in Rahway, New Jersey, USA. Born on a farm, he was apprenticed to a mason, became a stonecutter, moved to New Brunswick, NJ (1814), and opened a stone carvers shop in New York City (1818). He is considered the first sculptor of a marble bust in America, that of John Wells (1824), and was a founder of the National Academy of Design (1826). He was also the architect and superintendent of the New York Custom House (1834–41). |
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