Title |
Bigot, Alphonse |
Date |
April 17, 1828-January 25, 1872 |
Description |
Alphonse Bigot, born April 17, 1828 in France, was a noted lithographer active in Philadelphia ca. 1854-1872. Immigrating
to Philadelphia before 1854 (possibly in 1849), Bigot lived in Center City and during the 1850s was employed at the lithographic
establishments of Thomas Sinclair, Alphonse Brett, and L. N. Rosenthal, as well as worked as an engraver. Bigot, known for
his chromolithographs, designed the finely-executed 1854 advertisements printed by Brett for perfumer Apollos W. Harrison
and between 1857 and 1860, designed a number of noted color lithographs printed by Sinclair, including "Washington's Grand
Entry into New York. Nov. 25th, 1783" (1860) and a ca. 1860 advertisement for "T. Sinclair & Co." Bigot also delineated book
and periodical illustrations and well as executed paintings.
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In 1860, Bigot resided at 233 North Thirteenth Street (Ward 14) in a multifamily home, with his Pennsylvania-born wife Matilda
(ca. 1826-1900), and their children as well as his siblings and lithographer father Francis (b. ca. 1805) and lithographer
Francis Roux (b. ca. 1825) and his family. That year, he also painted a series of views of South America and held personal
estate valued at $1000 and real estate at $3000. By 1861, he relocated his residence to 847 North Broad Street and started
work at the lamp shade manufactory and lithographic establishment of Victoria Quarre, V. Quarre & Co., where he would be employed
until 1872. During this period, he served as a witness for fellow lithographer (and later Quarre's husband) George Wedekind's
patents for improved lamp shades in 1862 and 1863, designed the women's invitation for the Lithographic Printer's Union Second
Ball (1863), and earned enough income to be taxed by the I.R.S. As of 1870, he remained at his North Broad Street address
with his immediate family, including his father and sisters. Bigot died on January 25, 1872 in a horse riding accident, according
to family folklore, and was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See also Bigot, Francis; Brett, Alphonse; Rosenthal, Louis N.; Sinclair, Thomas; Quarre, Victoria; Roux, Francis, and Wedekind.,
George.
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Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1860, 1870 |
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Groce & Wallace, 49 |
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Last, 165 |
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Library Company of Philadelphia research file |
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Peters, 94 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1857-1872 (intermittently) |
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U. S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1862-1918 |
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patents, 1790-1909 |
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WWWAA, 315-316 |