| Title |
Childs & Inman |
| Date |
fl. 1830-1833 |
| Description |
Childs & Inman, the partnership between Philadelphia engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs and New York portrait painter
Henry Inman, was active 1830-1833 on Walnut Street near Fourth Street. One of the earliest premier lithographic firms in the
city, Childs & Inman succeeded the firm of Pendleton, Kearny & Childs and was noted for lithographs eliciting the "spirit
and freedom of execution, which no merely imitative art can ascertain." Through the first year of the partnership, Inman remained
in New York and coordinated with Childs about the business through correspondence. While outside of Philadelphia, Inman acted
not only as the head artist, but as a business agent. He interacted with print sellers to gauge the state of the market for
lithographs; purchased and shipped supplies; and suggested artists, such as James Clonney for employment.
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Other artists employed by Childs & Inman included George Lehman, who later becomes Childs's partner; Thomas Doughty; E. W.
Clay; Albert Newsam; W. H. Hay; and H. E. Sauinier. Renown printer P. S. Duval also entered the firm in September 1831 after
he was recruited in Europe by Childs who was traveling abroad to better learn the trade.
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Childs & Inman printed city and town views, portraits, political caricatures, advertisements and plates for J. & T. Doughty's
"Cabinet of Natural History," and McKenney & Hall's "History of the Indian Tribes of North America." In 1833, Inman left the
partnership and Childs continued proprietorship of the firm with artist Lehman under the business name Childs & Lehman.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Childs, Cephas G.; Clay, E. W.; Clonney, James; Doughty, J & T.; Duval, P.S.; Inman, Henry; Newsam, Albert; and Pendleton,
Kearny & Childs
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| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Groce & Wallace, 125 |
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Henry Inman Letters, 1828-1845, American Antiquarian Society |
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Peters, 136-139 |
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Philadelphia Business & City Directories, 1831-1833 |
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Spectator, April 29, 1831 |
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The United States Gazette, February 14, 1832 |
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Wainwright, 17-26 |
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WWWAA, 637 |
