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Title Durang, Edwin F. (Edwin Forrest)
Date April 1, 1829-June 12, 1911
Description Edwin F. Durang, born in 1829 in New York, worked briefly as a lithographer and engraver before launching his career as an ecclesiastical architect in Philadelphia ca. 1855. He partnered with Peter E. Abel in 1848 and specialized in the publication of political cartoons. Although born into a theatrical family, Durang and his brothers John T. and Oscar were all employed in the Philadelphia printing trade by 1850 and resided in the city's North Ward. Durang may have partnered with William Stott in Stott & Durang, lithographers, 7 East Arcade Avenue in 1845. Durang died from heat exhaustion after walking from his Overbrook residence to his daughter's wedding at Our Lady of Lourdes on June 12, 1911.
Is part of Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
References See Abel & Durang
Call number Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Bibliographic citation Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900
Peters, 71
Philadelphia Business & City Directories, 1845-1855 (intermittently)
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 13, 1911