Peter Aitken (1858- )
Born in Dundas, Canada in 1858. He was noted as being a pupil of Timothy Cole, the highly regarded American engraver. In 1893 he was awarded a medal at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1900 he was living in Brooklyn, New York.
Sources include: Official Illustrated Catalogue, Fine Arts Exhibit, United States of America Exhibit, Paris Exposition of 1900. Noyes, Platt & Company, Boston, 1900.
Information provided by Edward P. Bentley, researcher of Lansing, Michigan.
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