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Alexander Anderson, the First Engraver on Wood in America, 19th Century Vintage LA Print The Barbers Blade Warner SafetyAlexander Anderson, the First Engraver on Wood in America, 19th Century a portrait of the physician turned artisan who taught a young republic to print pictures from boxwood, his burin tracing the quiet revolution by which American books finally learned to illustrate themselves. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional historical societies, and the