George Girdler Smith

George Girdler Smith (September 8, 1795 in Danvers, Massachusetts – December 18, 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an engraver in 19th-century Boston. He kept a studio on Washington Street. Collaborators included William B. Annin (Annin & Smith, 1820s-1830s), Charles A. Knight and George H. Tappan (Smith, Knight & Tappan, ca.1850s).

Smith belonged to several civic and social groups in Boston, including the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, Boston Light Infantry, and the Freemasons. "In the year 1819 he was initiated a Freemason in Columbian Lodge, and in 1826 became its master, holding the position, at intervals of time, for 7 years. ... He was subsequently master of the Massachusetts Lodge, and deputy grand master in 1837-1839." He died December 18, 1878, in Boston.

Portrait of Joanna; frontispiece to John Gabriel Stedman's Narrative of Joanna, an Emancipated Slave of Surinam (Boston: Isaac Knapp, 1838)

Gore Hall, Harvard College, 1840

Ribbon badge, William Henry Harrison Convention, Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1840

Fort Duquesne; plan of the field of battle and disposiotion of the troops: as they were on the March at the time of the attack July 9, 1755

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