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Orelius Citti, born ca. 1831 in Pennsylvania, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia and New York City between 1855 and
about 1880. Brother of Louis F. Citti, and from a family of artists, painters and lithographers, Orelius began his lithographic
career with P. S. Duval on 5 Ranstead Place in 1855. By 1860, he lived in Ward 21 in New York City with his parents, siblings,
and his wife, Elizabeth (b. ca. 1835) and daughter, Ida (b. ca. 1856). Orelius may have lived briefly in Richmond, Virginia
at the same time as his brother, Louis, given the place of birth of his daughter, Ida. He returns to Philadelphia in the 1870s,
presumably working for his brother's business, L. F. Citti & Co., at Seventh and Market Streets. His family resided in Ward
1 at 229 Mifflin Street. Orelius died around 1880.
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