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Edward Savage (November 26 1761 – July 6 1817) was an American portrait painter and engraver. He was born in Princeton Mass. and at first worked as a goldsmith also practicing engraving. Although seemingly untrained in painting he came into prominence in 1790 through his portrait of George Washington intended as a gift to Harvard University. In 1791 he visited London where he studied for a time under Benjamin West and then went to Italy.
