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town, Md. In 1857 it was copied by Thomas Sully, for St. Peter's 

 Church, Philadelphia, and in 1 872 by E. D. Marchand, by order 

 of John Blodget Britton, Esq., for the University of Pennsylvania.* 

 I have been informed that there is also a copy at Stoke, England, 

 the residence of the Penn family. It has been engraved both on 

 metal and on wood, etc. The best engraving on metal is that 

 made by the great engraver, David Edwin, in 1803, for Maxwell's 

 edition of Dr. Smith's works ;t but a creditable one was made 

 lately by a young artist, George Herbert White, of Philadelphia. 

 I have also had a plaster bust modelled by a young Florentine 

 artist of rising fame named Carl Stork, which I have presented to 

 the University. 



We have thus far seen Dr. Smith both an active and a principal 

 person in nearly all our early church conventions. But this ac- 

 tivity and this distinction was now soon to cease. The convention 



* The following resolutions were adopted by the Board of Trustees of the University 

 of Pennsylvania, March 5, 1872, at a meeting before which was laid Mr. Britton's note 

 communicating his wish to offer the copy to the University : 



Resolved, That the gift of a portrait of Dr. William Smith, the first Provost of the 

 College of Philadelphia — since the University of Pennsylvania- — which J. Blodget 

 Britton, Esq., proposes to make to the institution, by his letter of the loth ultimo, be 

 and the same is hereby gratefully accepted by the trustees. 



Resolved, That the eminent services rendered by Dr. Smith, in the founding of the 

 institution, his extraordinary labors and success in procuring for it what in those early 

 days was a magnificent endowment, and the deep, affectionate, and abiding interest 

 which he continually manifested for its welfare and success, are deeply engraven in 

 the history of the University and in the heart of all who have been honored with ad- 

 ministration of its affairs. 



Resolved, That the Provost of the University be requested to receive the portrait 

 of Dr. Smith, on behalf of the trustees, whenever it shall be ready for delivery, and 

 place the same in the chapel of the University. 



Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolutions be transmitted to Mr. Britton by 

 the Secretary of the Board, and that they also be published. 



Cauwalader BiDiiLE, Secretary. 



f David Edwin, an Englishman, born at Bath, in December, 1776, was the son of 

 John Edwin, a comedian. Young Edwin was apprenticed in his boyhood to Jossi, a 

 Dutch engraver, who at this lime was working in England, and who is said to have 

 been a very complete artist and draughtsman. Jossi returned to Holland in 1796, and 

 took David Edwin with him. The latter was a short time at Amsterdam, but left the 

 country in the year 1797 in a ship bound to Philadelphia, via Havre, which took five 

 months on the passage; and this conveyance Edwin obtained upon the vessel by work- 

 ing before the mast. Upon his arrival in Philadelphia, in December, 1797, he sought 

 employment, and the first work which he obtained was the engraving of music — work 

 given him by T. B. Freeman. Edwin became famous in after time as an engraver 

 of portraits, and he obtained the best work. He engraved many of Stuart's pictures, 

 and many portraits of public men. He died in Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1841, aged 63. 



