Lorenzo Hatch

Lorenzo James Hatch (July 16, 1856 – February 3, 1914) was an American artist best known for his work as a portrait engraver in Washington, D.C., and New York.

In 1874, the head of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing admired Hatch's portrait of George Washington on copper and hired him.

The portraits of Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan on the reverse of the 1896 US five-dollar bill (Electricity as the Dominant Force in the World) were engraved by Lorenzo Hatch.

[1] The reverse of the 1896 two-dollar silver certificate (Science presenting steam and electricity to Commerce and Manufacture) was designed by Thomas Morris.

[2][3][4] Around 1908, the Chinese government invited Hatch to establish a Bureau of Engraving and Printing modeled after that of the United States.