| Title |
Brechemin, Lewis |
| Alternate title |
Brechemin, Louis |
| Date |
ca. 1786 - March 12, 1866 |
| Description |
Lewis Brechemin, born in France ca. 1786, was a Philadelphia jeweler who also partnered in the lithographic firm Brechemin
& Camp ca. 1847-1848. In the jewelry trade since the 1810s, Brechemin partnered with John Henry Camp ca. 1847. Although he
predominately produced lithographs under the partnership, Brechemin solely lithographed a portrait of David R. Porter, governor
of Pennsylvania in 1848 and ca. 1840-ca. 1850 drew lithographs, including "The Ship & Its Furniture," printed by P. S. Duval
for the American Sunday School Union. Brechemin also served as the artist of plates printed by Duval for Holbrook's second
edition of "North American Herpetology" (1842). Following the partnership with Camp, Brechemin continued in the jewelry trade
until ca. 1860 and received a "very good" credit rating in 1856.
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Brechemin was married to Ann (b. ca. 1792-1867) with whom he had two children in 1850. The family resided in the Dock Ward
in real estate valued at $12,000, i.e., over $300,000 in 2008 dollars. A member of the French Benevolent Society, he died
(following an accident) on March 12, 1866 while a resident at 224 South Second Street. Per his will filed in 1861, he bequeathed
the "household furniture, kitchen utensils, silver plate in house and store on South Second Street below Dock Street" and
a second house at 334 South Third Street to his wife as well as named his sister-in-law and three children as beneficiaries.
His estate was appraised in April 1866 with a worth of $6500 by fellow jeweler and print colorist Alfred Pharazyn.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Brechemin & Camp; Camp, John Henry; Duval, P. S and Pharazyn, Alfred. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1860 |
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Groce & Wallace, 78 |
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Last, 173 |
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Pennsylvania, Vol. 135, p. 302, R.G. Dun & Co. Collection, microfilm, Hagley Museum & Library |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1835-1866 (intermittently) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, March 13, 1866 |
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Peters, 107-108 |
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Year 1866, Will 170, Register of Wills, City Hall, Philadelphia |
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WWWAA, 426 |
