Nathaniel Dearborn (1786–1852) was an American engraver in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.
[2] In Boston he learned engraving from Abel Bowen.
[1][3] Around 1830, he also gave musical lessons on the flute.
[4] He died November 7, 1852, in South Reading.
[1] His son, Nathaniel S. Dearborn, continued as an engraver and printer in Boston, working on Water Street (ca.1847–1851) and School Street (ca.1857-1868).