Title |
Francis, John F. |
Date |
August 13, 1808-November 15, 1886 |
Description |
John F. Francis, premier portrait and still-life painter born August 13, 1808 in Philadelphia served as the artist for the
noted portrait lithograph of Gov. Joseph Ritner lithographed by Albert Newsam and printed by P. S. Duval in 1838.
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Francis spent the early part of his career as an itinerant portrait painter in Schuylkill County, PA before settling as a
portrait and still-life painter in Philadelphia ca. 1838. In 1840, he was listed as a portrait painter in the Northern Liberties
Ward and by 1860 had relocated to Upper Providence, Pa. where he remained as of 1870. During this decade, he held $5,000-$7,000
worth of personal estate (i.e., over $100, 000 in 2008). From 1840 to after 1858, he exhibited his portraits and still lifes
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and at Artist's Fund Society exhibitions and sold his work through the American
Art Union. He produced little art work during the 1870s and 1880s and died a recluse on November 15, 1886.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See Duval, P. S. and Newsam, Albert. |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1840, 1860, 1870 |
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Groce & Wallace, 238 |
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Peters, 190-191 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1838-1842 |
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WWWAA, 1173 |