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==== Publishing ==== [[Cornelius Tiebout]] (c. 1773β1832) was an artist, printer, and engraver of considerable fame when he joined the New Harmony community in September 1826. Tiebout taught printing and published a bimonthly newspaper, ''Disseminator of Useful Knowledge'', and books using the town's printing press.<ref>Wilson, p. 183–184.</ref><ref>Among Tiebout's best-known engravings are ''George Washington'' (1798), ''Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States'' (1800), ''Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States'' (1801), ''Constitution'' (USS Constitution dueling with British frigate Guerriere, War of 1812, engraved 1813). These and others are well represented on the Internet.</ref> He died in New Harmony in 1832.<ref>ArtFact, [http://www.artfact.com/artist/tiebout-cornelius-v8uem9lkpr "Cornelius Tiebout"]. Retrieved June 20, 2012.</ref> Publications from New Harmony's press include William Maclure's ''Essay on the Formation of Rocks, or an Inquiry into the Probably Origin of their Present Form'' (1832); and Maclure's ''Structure'' and ''Observations on the Geology of the West India Islands; from Barbadoes to Santa Cruz, Inclusive'' (1832); Thomas Say's ''Description of New Species of North American Insects; Observations on Some of the Species Already Described''; ''Descriptions of Some New Terrestrial and Fluviatile Shells of North America''; and several of the early volumes of Say's ''American Conchology, or Descriptions of the Shells of North America''. (The seventh volume of ''American Conchology'' was published in Philadelphia.)<ref>Carmony and Elliott, p. 182.</ref><ref name=LucySay>{{cite web |title=Lucy Say Illustrations | publisher=Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia | url=http://www.ansp.org/research/library/archives/0400-0499/say433/ |access-date=November 10, 2017}}</ref> [[Lucy Say|Lucy Sistare Say]] was an apprentice at Fretageot's Pestalozzian school and a former student of Lesueur in Philadelphia before coming to New Harmony aboard the ''Philanthropist'' to teach needlework and drawing. En route to Indiana, Sistare met Thomas Say and the two were married on January 4, 1827, prior to their arrival at New Harmony. An accomplished artist, Say illustrated and hand-colored 66 of the 68 illustrations in ''American Conchology,'' her husband's multi-volume work on mollusks. Following Thomas Say's death in 1834, she moved to New York, trained to become an engraver, and worked to complete and publish the final volume of ''American Conchology''. Lucy Say remained interested in the natural sciences after returning to the [[Eastern United States|East]]. In 1841 she became the first female member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.<ref name=LucySay<ref>{{cite journal| author=Heather Baldus| title =A Broad Stroke: New Harmony's Artistic Legacy | journal =Traces of Indiana and Midwestern History | volume =26 | issue =2 | pages=26β27 | publisher =Indiana Historical Society | location =Indianapolis | date =Spring 2014}}</ref> German-American folk artist [[Jacob Maentel]] (c. 1763β1863) lived in New Harmony from 1836 until his death. During this time he prolifically painted portraiture in the ''fraktur'' style and portrayed the dress and dΓ©cor of local Owenites.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Black|first=Mary|title=Simplicity, a grace : Jacob Maentel in Indiana|publication-place=Evansville, Indiana |publisher=Evansville Museum of Arts & Science|year=1989|oclc=20738556}}</ref> Examples of his work are displayed in the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]], the [[American Folk Art Museum]], and the [[Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum|Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Museum]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jacob Maentel {{!}} Biography|url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Jacob-Maentel/EFC4A02AF15B1886/Biography|access-date=November 16, 2021|website=www.mutualart.com|language=en}}</ref> Publications on the history of New Harmony include the work of the New Harmony historian and resident, Josephine Mirabella Elliott.
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