Nathaniel Hurd

Nathaniel Hurd
Portrait of Nathaniel Hurd by John Singleton Copley, ca.1765 (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Born(1730-02-13)February 13, 1730
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
DiedDecember 17, 1777(1777-12-17) (aged 47)
Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Occupation(s)engraver and silversmith

Nathaniel Hurd (13 February 1730 – 17 December 1777) is recognized as the first American engraver and a silversmith in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century. He engraved "bookplates ... heraldic devices, seals, ... paper currency, and business cards" along with die engravers and engravers on copper.

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