>>5075300in my opinion, some of the best engraving work of the early 1800's can be found on the banknotes from the several hundred (now obsolete) banks from the era.
The big name in bank note printing was "Rawdon, Wright & Hatch"; and their head engraver was a man named Freeman Rawdon. His work can be seen on several notes.
This is a portion of a note from The Tecumseh Bank, (of Tecumseh Michigan)