Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers

: Abbott, George W.; George W. Abbott worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1874. He resided at 908 Reed Street.

: Abel & Durang; Abel & Durang, the partnership between artist Edwin F. Durang and bookseller Peter E. Abel, was active 1848 and specialized in the publication of political cartoons.

: Abel, P. E. (Peter E.); Peter E. Abel, born on March 17, 1826 in Philadelphia, worked as a clerk, bookseller, publisher of lithographs, and business agent in the city between 1839 and 1876. Following his education at Central High School, Abel worked in Turner & Fisher's book store (15 North Sixth Street) until about 1849 and the death of proprietor Frederick Turner. During that time, he published lithographs, predominately political cartoons, with artist Edwin F. Durang. Titles, all dated 1848, include Bagging the Game; Cock of the Walk; The Democratic Funeral of 1848; The Liberty Chariot; Worrying the Bull; Studying Political Economy; and Who Says Gas? The Democratic B-Hoy., After 1849, he worked for the widowed Mrs. Turner and her sons at 384 North Second Street and by 1856 for T. B. Peterson & Bros.' publishing house at 102 (i.e. 306) Chestnut Street. Remaining with Peterson until about 1869, Abel then opened and operated his own book and curiosities shop at 131 South Seventh Street until around 1871. Soon thereafter, he became the business agent for the Chestnut Street Theater under the management of Edward Loon Davenport, and later worked for various bookstores and businesses, including those at 1211 Chestnut Street, 112 South Eighth Street, and 1315 Chestnut Street. Abel's work with the theater included the coordination of theater events and benefits and the publication of theater-related media, including playbills. He was one of the main organizers of "La Coterie Carnival" in Philadelphia in the late 1860s., Until about 1860, Abel resided on Wildey (i.e. Bedford) Street in Ward 19 with his wife, Cecile E. (1830-1897), and his son, Frederick (b. 1853) before moving to 1612 North Seventh Street (Ward 18). The family remained at the address until ca. 1875 when they relocated to 1632 Institute (i.e. Bouvier) Street, their address at the time of Abel's death on May 2, 1876, when the former lithograph publisher burdened by financial woes committed suicide by jumping from the Girard Avenue Bridge.

: Abritz; Abritz exhibited "three frame lithographs" at the 1848 Franklin Institute Exhibition of American Manufacturers.

: Ackerman, Emil; Emil Ackerman, born ca. 1840 in Dresden, Germany, moved to the United States with his father in 1848 and began a lithographic apprenticeship ca. 1856 with Max Rosenthal in Philadelphia. He resided at the northeast corner of Fifth and Wood Streets and worked as a "lithographist" in 1861, operating from the upper floors of 311 Chestnut Street. Soon thereafter, Ackerman moved to Boston and worked from 134 Washington Street by 1863. He was later affiliated with the New England Lithographic Co. (1869-71), J.H. Bufford's Sons (1875 and 1878), and Ackermann & Prand, Roxbury, Mass. (1880). By 1900, Ackerman returned to the Philadelphia area with his wife, Henrietta (b. ca. 1848), and two sons, Henry (b. ca. 1870, also a lithographer) and George (b. ca. 1880), and made his home in Jersey City, NJ.

: Adams, Thomas F.; Thomas F. Adams, born ca. 1815 in South Carolina, worked as a printer, typographer, and "master chemist" for a lamp black (i.e., black pigment) manufactory in Philadelphia from about 1837 to 1880. Adams also authored the seminal work Typographia: A Brief Sketch of the Origin, Rise, and Progress of the Typographic Art (1837) and was a member of the Art Union of Philadelphia, serving as its Secretary in the late 1840s. During the 1840s and 1850s, Adams resided at 18 Jacoby, 8 Carlton Square, and 409 Green Street before settling in 1855 at 1520 Girard Avenue until 1880., Primarily a card printer who used the "Fly Press," his printing establishment also executed lithographic and engraved labels, tickets, bill hands and circulars. Between 1837 and 1850, he relocated his business several times in the vicinity of Old City, including Chestnut & Third Streets (1837); 20 South Fourth Street (1841-42); 118 Chestnut, below Fourth Street (1843); 8 Franklin Place (1844-1845); 85 Dock Street (1846-1847); and 73 North Third Street (1850-1851)., By 1850, Adams married Margaret E., with whom he had a son, Charles T., also a chemist. The same decade, Adams entered the allied trade to lithography of lamp black manufacturing when he established a factory circa 1852 at Twenty-Fifth and Coates Street (i.e., Fairmount Avenue). By the early 1860s, Adams associated with L. Martin & Co., the largest manufacturer of printing inks in the United States, and by 1863, worked at their factory at 138 South Delaware Avenue.

: Adelung, Ernest; Ernst Adelung, born in Württemberg, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He resided in Ward 6 of the city.

: Agnew, Henry; Henry Agnew, born of Irish-descent in New York ca. 1840, was a lithographic printer active in Philadelphia ca. 1870-ca. 1880. He lived at 1034 Leithgow Street, and with his wife Allace (b. ca. 1845) by 1880.

: Akin, James; James Akin, born ca. 1773 in Charleston, South Carolina, worked as an engraver, lithographer, print publisher, druggist and restaurant owner in Philadelphia between 1794 and 1846. Although Akin worked briefly in the engraving business in Salem and Newburyport, Massachusetts between about 1804 and 1807, he spent most of his time in Philadelphia. Akin tenanted many locations throughout his Philadelphia career, but produced most of his lithographs, including "Settling the French Question," "A Kean Shave," "Philadelphia Taste Displayed. Or, Bon-Ton below stairs," and "A Downright Gabbler" from his 18 Prune (i.e., Locust) Street establishment, between Fourth and Fifth Streets. After his death on July 18, 1846, his wife Ophelia, also an engraver, continued to operate from the Prune Street location.

: Albright, William; William Albright, born May 23, 1793 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to German printer, John Albright (1745-1806), worked intermittently in Philadelphia as an ornamental painter, lithographic artist, limner, "dancing-master," and teacher of drawing from 1815 to 1845. Albright delineated the color plates for the "Floral Magazine and Botanical Repository" (Philadelphia, 1832-1834), which were lithographed by various Philadelphia firms, including Childs & Inman, Kennedy & Lucas, M.E.D. Brown, and J. F. & C. A. Watson., In 1820, Albright returned to Lancaster at his father's bequest, where until 1836, he continued the publication of the "New and Improved North American Almanac" started by Francis Bailey in 1775, and assumed by his father's company, Steiner, Albrecht and Lahn in 1787. The same year, he also married Mary Weaver with whom he had one daughter, Anna M. Albright (1822-1855)., Albright returned to Philadelphia ca. 1837, and following a year as a dance master, taught drawing at 21 South Fifth Street until his death in 1852.

: Alexander, Peter; Peter Alexander was a lithographer working in Philadelphia ca.1856-ca.1868, who early in his career worked for the prominent Philadelphia lithographer, Maurice H. Traubel. He was also a member of the Lithographic Printers Union and served on their ball committee in 1863.

: Alkin, M. (Martin); Martin Alkin, and English immigrant, contributed a log and the lithographic illustration "Prison Ship Saratoga, off Dartmouth," to the article, "Horrors of a Prison Ship" in William M. Huddy's Military Magazine and Record of the Volunteers of the City and County, volume 2, no. 11. Alkin was naturalized in South Carolina on July 22, 1805 and worked in South Carolina for about two decades before making a living as a merchant in Philadelphia from 1818 to 1828. He was one of eighty prisoners aboard the prison ship Saratoga during the War of 1812.

: Allen, Christopher; Christopher Allen, born about 1832 in Ireland, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia from 1857 to about 1881. He started his career in the late 1850s with P. S. Duval & Son at 8, later 22 South Fifth Street., Allen relocated to New York by the Civil War and enrolled in Company F of the 4th New York Calvary Regiment on September 9, 1861. He served as a full corporal and was discharged in 1864 at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Though he survived the war, Allen lost his right arm., Allen returned to Philadelphia after the war, and from about 1867 to the mid 1870s, Herline & Co. employed him at their 620 Chestnut Street establishment., Allen resided with his wife, Ellen, also a native of Ireland, and three children in Ward 2 of Philadelphia in 1860. Ten years later they lived in Ward 9, most likely at 9 South Seventeenth Street, with four additional children. By 1880, Allen was incarcerated in the House of Correction, Employment and Reformation, finishing a two-year sentence for being a "habitual drunkard." During that time, his family lived at 1134 Guirey (i.e. Wilder) Street (Ward 1)., In 1893, Allen signed over his pension and entered the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers in Togus, Maine. He died on June 28, 1911.

: Allen, Michael; Michael Allen was an artist and lithographer active in Philadelphia ca. 1858-ca. 1859. He worked at the establishment of Thomas Wagner at 34 Hudson Street.

: Allman, F. B.; F. B. Allman was listed as a lithographer residing at 1221 Whitehall (i.e., below Spring Garden Street) in the 1858 Philadelphia city directory.

: Altemus, Alfred C.; Alfred C. Altemus, a Pennsylvania-born book binder and lithographer born into a family of book binders, partnered with Robert J. Hitchins in 1876 to operate the lithography firm Altemus & Hitchins at 20 North Seventh Street. The shot-lived firm lasted about a year. Altemus resided at 2330 Watt Street (Ward 7) with his wife, Mary W. Shurlock (1831-1910), and three children, during his time in the lithographic trade., His father, Joseph Altemus (ca. 1800-1853), and uncle, Samuel Altemus (1815-1891) started the bookbinding firm Altemus & Co. at 44 North Fourth Street in 1842. Alfred's brother, Henry (b. ca. 1833), operated Altemus & Co. after their father's death in 1853. The bookbinding business evolved to include the publication of photograph albums, scrapbooks and blank books in the 1870s and operated at various locations until 1936. Alfred presumably worked as a book binder for the family firm.

: Anastatic Office; Anastatic Office, a lithographic firm established in 1846 by Library Company of Philadelphia librarian John Jay Smith and two of his sons, Robert Pearsall and Lloyd Pearsall, operated until 1847. John Jay acquired the American rights to the anastatic process, a new method of transfer lithography in 1845; Robert P. managed the establishment; and Lloyd P. sold and advertised the material printed at his law bookstore at 19 St. James Street. The Anastatic Office first advertised an office at 317 (i.e., 800 block) Market Street in February 1846, which by June 1846 relocated to 144 (i.e., 600 block) Chestnut Street., The Office produced a number of works, many reproductions of historic maps and documents, and entered at least one piece in the Franklin Institute Exhibition in October 1846. Works of import include anastatic copies from facsimiles drawn by James C. Sidney of Thomas Holmes's 1687 "Map of the Improved Part of Pennsilvania" and John Reed's 1774 "Explanation and Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia," as well as a copy of the "Declaration of Independence," with signatures, procured by the City Councils in 1846 (copy in Independence National Historic Park collections). In addition, the Anastatic Office produced the plates for John Jay Smith's "Designs for Monuments and Mural Tablets and Guide to Workers in Metals and Stone" (co-authored by Thomas U. Walter)., By 1847, the office dissolved and Robert P. Smith operated a printing establishment under his own name at the Chestnut Street address.

: Andrews, Charles Y.; Charles Y. Andrews, a Philadelphia engraver, lithographer and printer was born in Pennsylvania ca. 1841 to German immigrants, piano maker Joel Andrews (b. ca. 1808), and Mary (b. ca. 1815). The eldest of three, his siblings were Emily (b. 1843) and Adolphus (b. 1846). Active in Philadelphia from about 1860 to 1900, Andrews worked for Breuker & Kessler, with fellow lithographers Otto Wynkoop, and William W. Murchison at 112 South Seventh Street in 1868. Other than this brief employment association, little is known about Andrews' printing career., In 1860, Charles lived with his mother and sister in Ward 12. By the middle of the 1860s, the family resided at 304 North Ninth Street, where Charles remained in residency until at least 1910. By 1915 he retired to 2740 North Eleventh Street where he died approximately ten years later.

: Antonio, Joseph; Joseph Antonio, born in Portugal around 1812, was a Philadelphia purveyor of printers materials at 403 Library Street, near Lehman & Bolton (418 Library Street). He lived at 438 Federal Street during the 1870s and with his wife Mary, and children John and Elizabeth by 1880.

: Appleton, Samuel; Samuel Appleton was a Philadelphia lithographer who worked at the Rosenthal firm at N.W. Fifth and Chestnut Streets in 1857. He resided in Center City at 488 Locust Street.

: Arms, Hiram P(helps); Hiram Phelps Arms, a lithographer active in Philadelphia 1877-1889, worked from 426 Walnut Street. He lived at 305 Chestnut Street.

: Armstrong, George; George Armstrong was a lithographer listed in the 1861 Philadelphia city directory. He resided at 748 Fitzwater Street.

: Arnold, Victor; Victor Arnold, born ca. 1844 in France, worked as an engraver and lithographer in Philadelphia 1860-1870 at William Graf & Co. (400 Chestnut Street). He resided at 722 Moss Street with his sister Elizabeth (b. 1846), mother Magdeline (b. 1813) and brother Harry (b. 1860).

: Atwood, Jesse; Jesse Atwood, born ca. 1802 in New Hampshire, was a portrait painter whose rendering of Gen. Zachary Taylor was used in an 1847 S. A. & A. F. Ward fashion advertisement printed by Philadelphia lithographer Thomas Sinclair., Atwood was listed as a portrait painter with residences in North Philadelphia in city directories intermittently between 1841-1869. He also displayed work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art during the Artist's Fund Society Exhibition of 1841.

: Aub, Jacob; Jacob Aub, born about 1821 in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1847-1863. Aub arrived in the United States before 1846 and around 1847 served as the lithographer for the Wagner & McGuigan advertisement depicting the interior of their establishment at 320 Chestnut Street. In 1851, he gained citizenship and partnered with Norman Friend (his citizenship sponsor) in the lithographic firm of Friend & Aub. Aub remained in the partnership (the final year with A.J. Dumont) until 1863, when he joined the silk manufacturing firm of Aub, Hackenburg & Company. Aub was married to Caroline (b. ca. 1826) with whom he had four children, Emeline, (b. ca. 1848), Edwin (b. 1851), Rose (b. 1855), and Benjamin (b. 1861). He died on May 7, 1885 of chronic pneumonia with the listed residency of 978 North Seventh Street and was buried in Mt. Sinai Cemetery, Philadelphia.

: Avil, John D.; John D. Avil, born on March 28, 1849 in Ireland, founded and managed the Avil Printing Company in West Philadelphia from the early 1860s until his death in 1918. Son of an English father, John, Sr., and Irish mother, Avil emigrated with his family to Iowa by 1856 and the birth of his sister Margaret. By 1860, Avil's family relocated to Philadelphia (Ward 7) and his father was employed as a printer. By 1870, John married Annie (b. 1850) with whom he had a son, Francis (b. 1875) and they resided in West Philadelphia (Ward 27)., A prominent businessman, lithographer and printer, Avil began in the trade at the young age of thirteen by operating a one-room printing press from 4032 Market Street. He quickly expanded his operations to include the adjacent property at 4034 Market Street and in 1868 he purchased land to construct a small building at 3941-3945 Market Street., Two years later, he added a six-story building on nearby Filbert Street, which eventually expanded to include the entire city block. By 1893, Avil's company extended between 3941-45 Market Street (razed by fire 1904) and 3944-56 Filbert Street. The expansive establishment included thirty-five steam presses capable of lithographic and letter press printing, and an entire lithograph department devoted to "both commercial and artistic work" operated by "men of high ability." His plant employed approximately 350 people, including 25 skilled lithographers. As his operations grew, Avil also served as President of the Lithographers' Association of Philadelphia (16 member firms) in the mid-1890s., Avil died on November 18, 1918 with his residence listed at 34 Chester Pike in Glenolden, Pa.

: Babb, Robert B.; Robert B. Babb, born ca. 1839 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer and printer in Philadelphia between 1860 and 1900. Attending Girard College in 1850, Babb was a lithographer living in Kensington with wife Jane Babb (b. ca. 1821) and two siblings, William (b. ca. 1841) and George (b. ca. 1844) in 1860. Babbed remained in the neighborhood throughout his career residing at 1167 Sophia Street (ca. 1865-ca. 1872), 322 East Cumberland Street (ca. 1875-ca. 1884), and the rear property of 226 West Thompson Street (ca. 1884-)., Although Babb predominately worked in the printing trade, the 1882 city directory lists him as partnered with Winfield S. Biddle in the flour industry at Dauphin and American Streets. By the 1910 census, Babb is listed as a widower.

: Banes, M.; M. Banes, according to Peters, was the lithographic artist for a flower print from the series "Plantes Agrestes par Calame" after the work of Swiss Artist Alexander Calame (1810-1864). The tinted lithograph was "printed by A. Brett, No. 6 S. 7th St." between 1854 and 1857. A companion printed contained the caption "Philadelphia School of Design for Women, S. E. Corner 8th & Locust.", Artist was possibly Mary Banes listed in the 1857 city directory as a "chessmr" at Girard Avenue and Lewis Street.

: Barincou, J.; See F. Barinsou.

: Barinsou, F.; F. Barinsou, probably J. Barincou, was an artist and lithographer active in Philadelphia in the mid 1830s. He worked 1831-1834 in New York for lithographer Anthony Imbert, then Philadelphia by 1835. He delineated several plates for James Otto Lewis's "The Aboriginal Portfolio" (1835) and probably was the Barineau who worked for the lithographic firm Lehman & Duval (active 1835-1837). In 1839, J. Barincou was listed as a portrait painter at Eighth and Walnut streets in the city directory.

: Barker & Dresser; Barker & Dresser, a short-lived Philadelphia lithographic firm, was a partnership between, most likely, map lithographer William J. Barker and German-born lithographer William Dreser. The firm was active 1859., In 1859, Barker was listed as a lithographer and map publisher at 23 North Sixth. He resided at 1516 North Eleventh.

: Barker, John Jesse; John Jesse Barker, an English artist, lithographer, and drawing teacher born ca. 1785, was active ca. 1815-1860 in Philadelphia and New Brunswick, N.J. He delineated the drawing for the novel lithograph "Horizontarium" published by R. H. Hobson (147 Chestnut) in 1832 that depicts the Bank of Philadelphia.

: Barnard, William C.; William Barnard, born ca. 1822 in Pennsylvania, was a Philadelphia lithographer and printer, active between 1860 and 1881. In 1860, he lived in South Philadelphia (Ward 2) with his wife Sarah (b. 1822), and five children, including Joseph (b. 1842), a printer's apprentice, presumably for Barnard. During the 1870s and early 1880s, residential addresses included 342 South Second Street (1872), 407 McIlwain Street (1874), and 215 Carpenter Street (1881).

: Barton, Peter; Peter Barton, born ca. 1816 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He lived with presumably his brother, and fellow lithographer, Samuel Barton (b. ca. 1831) in a hotel in the Sixth Ward. Sarah Barton, (b. ca. 1840), possibly a sister, resided with the men as well.

: Barton, Samuel; Samuel Barton, born ca. 1831 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860. He lived with presumably his brother, and fellow lithographer, Peter Barton (b. ca. 1816) in a hotel in the Sixth Ward. Sarah Barton, (b. ca. 1840), possibly a sister, resided with the men as well.

: Bastian, Jerome A.; Jerome A. Bastian, born circa 1832 in Pennsylvania, was a lithographer in Philadelphia from ca. 1850 to 1870. In 1850, he worked as a lithographer, lived in Moyamensing Ward 4 with his parents, siblings, and another family, and by 1856 worked at Wagner & McGuigan's establishment at 4 Franklin Place. Bastian served as a private in the 23rd Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War, and returned to Philadelphia after the conflict. By 1878 he is listed as a lithographer and printer in Jersey City, New Jersey directories until at least the early 1890s., Bastian lived at 1209 South Ninth Street and was married to Margaret (b. ca. 1835) with whom he had three children: Mary (b. ca. 1854), John J. (b. ca. 1856), and Charles (b. 1860) by 1860.

: Baum, Charles; Charles Baum, born in Germany ca. 1824, was a Philadelphia artist and publisher of lithographs during the Civil War. Between 1861-1863, Baum published "Camp Meigs" (1861) and the fundraising print "View of the Reception of the 29th Regiment, P. V., at Philadelphia" (1863), and was the artist for "Camp Brandywine, Third Regt. R. Brigade" (ca. 1862) and "Camp Du Pont. 4th Regt. Delaware Infantry". He may also be the Charles Baum who petitioned for naturalization in the Western District of Pennsylvania in October 1863. Baum has also been credited as the artist of two complementary paintings of the Bergner & Engel Brewery, ca. 1865. An artist named C. Baum residing in Egg Harbor exhibited a painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1864 and this may also be Charles Baum., Baum, a resident of Philadelphia from the 1840s, lived with his German-born wife Elizabeth (b. ca. 1832) and his daughter Eliza (b. ca. 1849) at Second Street above Ontario Street (Ward 23) in 1860.

: Beaugureau, Philibert; Philibert Beaugureau, a French-born artist and administrator of a bilingual school for boys, was probably the Beaugureau who drew portraits for P. S. Duval in 1845. His paintings were also displayed at an exhibition at the Maryland Historical Society in 1848 and auctioned by the Philadelphia auction firm M. Thomas & Sons in 1858., Emigrating from Passy, France, Beaugureau arrived with his family in Philadelphia in 1843. By 1847, he lived at 193 South Ninth Street with wife Solange (b. ca. 1804) and children Philip (b. ca. 1830), the Cincinnati portrait artist and drawing master; Cornelia (b. ca. 1824); and Adrian (1828-1908), an artist and teacher at Oxford Female College., He and his son Philip, i.e., Philibert Jr., are often confused.

: Bechler, Gustavus Reinhold; Gustavus Reinhold Bechler, a surveyor, born in Saxony, Germany on March 13, ca. 1830 was active as a Philadelphia lithographer who specialized in maps during the 1850s and 1860s. Bechler immigrated to the United States ca. 1850, declared his intention for naturalization in 1852, and gained his citizenship in 1855. During this period, he found employment as a lithographer and engraver with the Robert P. Smith Map Publishing House at 17 Minor Street, later 517-521 Minor Street. Bechler's work published by Smith included three county maps of Michigan and a county, gazetteer and state map of New York, the latter of which he worked with lithographers George Worley, William Bracher, Benjamin Matthias and Charles Reen., During the 1860s, Bechler delineated a world map printed by Thomas Wagner (1861) and published his own maps, including an atlas showing battles, engagements, and important localities connected with the campaigns in Virginia" (1864), a military map of Virginia printed by Worley & Bracher (1864), and "Map of Central Europe Containing Germany, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland and Portions of the Neighboring States England, France, Austria, Italy, Russia &c (1860s)., The lithographic trade held little hold for Bechler who preferred to survey his own maps than produce others' surveys. In 1872, he accepted a position as chief topographer on the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories and spent four years surveying and mapping the American West, including the current Yellowstone Park, where a stream became known as the Bechtel River. Many of the maps issued as a result of this expedition were drawn by Bechler., In the early 1860s, Bechler lived with fellow lithographer Bracher, including at 1220 Thompson Street (the address that he gives on his 1862 passport application). He married Maria Carol I. Kuntz, a native of Württemberg on October 15, 1860, and although she does not appear listed in the 1870 census, she was granted letters of administration on his estate in 1893 when she lived in Edgewater, Staten Island.

: Beener, James; James Beener, born ca. 1834 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia in 1860., Beener lived in North Philadelphia, Ward 16 East Division with his wife Catherine (b. ca. 1838), two children, and a resident couple, of whom the man, Charles Amos, was an umbrella maker. In 1880, he may be the James Beener, carpenter living in Lancaster with his wife Catherine and five children

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