The Biographical Dictionary of America/Andrews, Joseph

ANDREWS, Joseph, engraver, was born in Hingham, Mass., Aug. 17, 1806. He learned both wood and copper-plate engraving in Boston; engaged in the printing business in Lancaster, Mass., 1827-'34, and studied engraving under Joseph Goodyear in London in 1835. He visited Paris in 1840, and there engraved six portraits for the historical gallery at Versailles, which were published under the auspices of Louis Philippe. He produced many engravings after the works of eminent artists, and also several portraits of public men. He died at Hingham, Mass., May 9, 1873.