John Sartain
American
John Sartain was a notable engraver. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham's Magazine | 1841 | 1848 | |
| Sartain's Union Magazine | 1848 |
Lineage
- Daughter: Emily Sartain
John Sartain was a notable engraver. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graham's Magazine | 1841 | 1848 | |
| Sartain's Union Magazine | 1848 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1808/10/24 | John Sartain is born in London, England. | Born | |||||
| 1828/00/00 | John Sartain begins to make mezzotints. | Work | |||||
| 1828/00/00 | Sartain emigrates to the United States and settles in Philadelphia. Here he studys with Joshua Shaw and Manuel J de Franca. | Life | |||||
| 1841/00/00 | John Sartain begins engraving plates for Graham's Magazine, published by George Rex Graham. | Work | |||||
| 1848/00/00 | Sartain engraves his last plates for Graham's Magazine. | Work | |||||
| 1849/07/02 | John Sartain takes Edgar Poe into his own house and cares for him over the next few days of delirium and hallucinatory episodes. | Friend of Poe | Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe | ||||
| 1875/09/00 | The Centennial Commission appoints John Sartain as Chief of the Bureau of Arts. As "Superintendent of the Fine Arts Department ... including allotment of space to exhibitors". | Work | Memorial Hall | Philadelphia, PA | Centennial Exposition | ||
| 1876/03/06 | The limited space of Memorial Hall requires Sartain to adjust the size of galleries. "The building of Babel is the only thing I can compare this to with the jealousies of foreign nationalities and impossibility of satisfying conflicting interests." JS | Work | Memorial Hall | Philadelphia, PA | |||
| 1897/10/25 | John Sartain dies in Philadelphia. Originally buried in Monument Cemetery, in 1956 the cemetery was condemned by the city and given to Temple University. Sartain and his family were moved to Mount Peace Cemetery. | Died |
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.