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Edward Savage (1761 - 1817) was an American portrait painter and engraver. Some of his works include: Samuel Adams, The Washington Family, Joseph Griffiths, Anthony Wayne, Liberty in the Form of the Goddess of Youth, and The Savage Family.
The Washington family became well known during Washington's administrations in New York and Philadelphia, and were immortalized in Edward Savage's Washington Family.
It was the president of the University of Harvard who requested Washington to sit for his portrait.
On October 13, 1794, Savage was married to Sarah Seaver.