Title |
Hitchcock, William E. |
Date |
ca. 1822-May 30, 1906 |
Description |
William E. Hitchcock, born in Pennsylvania ca. 1822, worked as a lithographer in Philadelphia ca. 1852-ca. 1861. Hitchcock
lithographed work for P. S. Duval and John T. Bowen, including sheet music covers and book illustrations. Most of his known
lithographs are plates printed by Bowen for Cassin's "Illustrations of the Birds of California, Texas, Oregon, British and
Russian America" (1855) and Audubon's "The Birds of America" ( 1840-1844) and "The Quadrupeds of North America" (1849-1854).
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According to Peters, Hitchcock also delineated drawings for naturalist Louis Agassiz and worked for Thomas Sinclair whose
son John married his daughter. Although also purported by Peters to have killed himself in 1880, Hitchcock worked as a teller
at the Western Saving Fund (1000 Walnut Street) by this time with a residence at 2126 Mt. Vernon Street. He remained in
this profession to at least 1900.
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Hitchcock was married to Harriet (b. ca. 1829) with whom he had several children. In 1855, he was listed in city directories
with the profession of ornithology at 1 Park Place and resided nearby at Twentieth and Locust Streets. In 1861, he lived at
1418 Chestnut Street and in South Philadelphia by 1870. During the 1880s and 1890s he lived at 2126 Mt. Vernon Street and
809 North Twenty-fourth Street. His household often included a servant, and in 1860 he owned real estate valued at $2000.
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Hitchcock is most likely the William E. Hitchcock noted in the "Philadelphia Inquirer" who died at 85 years of age on May
30, 1906.
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Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
References |
See Bowen, John T.; Cassin, John; and Duval, P. S. |
Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
Bibliographic citation |
Census 1860, 1870, 1880 |
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Groce & Wallace, 319 |
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Peters, 218 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1855-1900 (intermittently) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 1907 |
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WWWAA, 1577 |