Title |
Albright, William |
Alternate title |
Allbright, William |
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Albrecht, William |
Date |
May 23, 1793-1852 |
Description |
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.
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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).
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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.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See Brown, M.E.D.; Childs & Inman; J. F. & C. A. Watson; and Kennedy & Lucas. |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850 |
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Gordon, John Albright, Carriage-Maker, 1993, HSP |
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North American, June 15, 1852 |
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Philadelphia City Directories, 1815-1845 (intermittently) |