| Title |
Fletcher, Veron |
| Date |
b. ca. 1820 |
| Description |
Veron Fletcher, Philadelphia artist born ca. 1820 in Pennsylvania, designed the painting reproduced as the noted Herline &
Co. lithograph "Washington and his Staff at Valley Forge" published in 1855. The painting was exhibited at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts in 1855.
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By 1850, Fletcher lived at 188 Noble Street with his wife Mary A. (b. ca. 1831) in the Spring Garden Ward of Philadelphia
and resided North of Center City throughout the 1860s. During this period, in 1867, Fletcher painted "London Coffee House"
(1867) and "Slate Roof House" (1867). From ca. 1870 to ca. 1876, he resided at 1224 Heath Street (near Poplar Street) in North
Philadelphia.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Herline, Edward. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850 |
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Groce & Wallace, 232 |
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Peters, 189 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1850-1876 (intermittently) |
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WWWAA, 1143 |
