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James Arthur Benade, son of Moravian bishop Andrew Benade, was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1823 and worked as an artist
for the lithographic establishments of P. S. Duval and Thomas Sinclair ca. 1842-1850. His lithographs include a "South West
View of Lancaster, Pa." He studied art in Philadelphia and with Gustavus Grunewald (1805-1878) as well as taught F. D. Devlan
(1835-1870). He also exhibited works at the Artist's Fund Society in Philadelphia in 1838 and the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts in 1848. He died February 2, 1853 in Reading, Pennsylvania, his town of residence in the 1850 census. According
to that census, he was married to Sarah (b. ca. 1823) with whom he had three children and held $6000 (i.e., about $171, 000
in 2008) worth of real estate.
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