George W. Jamieson (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. George W. Jamieson (1810-1868) was an American actor and lapidary, born in Varick Street, New York. His mother was an American of remarkable talents; his father was an Irishman. At an early age he was apprenticed to a lapidary, and in cutting gems he acquired facility, - his cameos being considered models of artistic beauty and truth. In early manhood he went to Washington, where he made excellent cameo portraits - of Henry Clay, and of other distinguished men - and where he became a favorite, both as a man and as an artist. His taste and desire, however, impelled him toward the Stage, and for that profession he studied and practised assiduously in several amateur dramatic societies.