Sartain, John
engraver, was born Oct. 24, 1808, in London, England. In 1830 he brought the art of mezzo tinting to the United States. He established Sartain's Magazine in New York city; and attained national reputation as a successful engraver. His most noted plates are Christ Rejected; The Ironworker; King Solomon; Civil War in Missouri; Homestead of Henry Clay; and The Battle of Gettysburg. For sixty-seven years he lived in Philadelphia; was director of the Academy of Fine Arts for twenty-three years; was chief of the bureau of art at the Centennial exposition; and he has received thirty decorations and medals. His children inherit their father's genius:
Samuel is an engraver of portraits; William is a New York painter and president of the Art club of that city, and his daughter Emily is an artist and art critic of note, and was a member of the international jury of awards of the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. died in 1898 in Philadelphia, Pa.
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