Edward Green Malbone (1777-1807)

Edward Green Malbone (1777-1807) (HM31J)

Location: Savannah, GA 31401 Chatham County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 4.499', W 81° 5.413'

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Beneath this modest slab rest the remains of America's foremost painter of miniatures.

Malbone, a native of Rhode Island, began his career in Providence at the age of seventeen. He pursued his calling in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Charleston and in London, England.

Exacting and unceasing work undermined his constitution. Having sought in vain to recover his health in the island of Jamaica, he came to Savannah in fore-knowledge of death and died here in the home of his cousin, Robert Mackay, on May 7, 1807.

Though not yet thirty years of age when he died, he left no peer in his art. Time has justified the statements you may read here in his epitaph. Today Malbone is acknowledged to by the finest miniaturist his country has yet produced, and among the greatest of all time anywhere.
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HM NumberHM31J
Series This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series
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Marker Number025-21
Year Placed1954
Placed ByGeorgia Historical Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 13th, 2014 at 9:26pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 491485 N 3548750
Decimal Degrees32.07498333, -81.09021667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 4.499', W 81° 5.413'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 4' 29.94" N, 81° 5' 24.78" W
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Area Code(s)478, 912
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 200 Abercorn St, Savannah GA 31401, US
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