Edward Savage
Edward Savage (born November 26, 1761 in Princeton , † July 6, 1817 there ) was an American painter and engraver.
He first worked as a goldsmith and also practiced as an engraver. Although he was apparently inexperienced in painting, he was best known in 1790 for his portrait of George Washington , which was intended as a gift to Harvard University . In 1791 he visited London, where he studied for a time under Benjamin West , after which he went to Italy. After returning to the United States in 1794, he worked in Philadelphia and New York City, where he ran a picture gallery and art museum on Water Street for several years. He married Sarah Seaver on November 14, 1794 in Boston.
Robert Edge Pine began the first rendering of Congress Voting Independence (now part of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania Collection, Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia ) in 1784 , but the picture was unfinished when he died. Savage finished the painting in 1801, and the mezzotint of the picture became mass-produced. His portraits of Anthony Wayne , Benjamin Rush, and Thomas Jefferson were very much appreciated. But Savage became known for the life-size group portrait The Washington Family (begun 1789, completed 1796). He portrayed President George Washington, First Lady Martha Washington , two of her grandchildren ( George Washington Parke Custis and Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis ) and an enslaved servant, probably Christopher Sheels . The painting was part of the William F. Havemeyer collection in New York until it was purchased by Andrew W. Mellon , who eventually donated it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC .
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| SURNAME | Savage, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American painter and engraver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Princeton |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1817 |
| Place of death | Princeton |