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Title Hobson, R. H. (Richard H.)
Date b. ca. 1780s-ca. 1835
Description Richard H. Hobson, born in England in the ca. 1780s, was an antebellum-era Philadelphia fancy, stationery, and print store proprietor who published in 1832 the unique, morphed lithographic view of the Philadelphia Bank. The print titled "Horizantorium" was lithographed by J. J. Barker after the drawing of William Mason. Hobson worked as a merchant in Philadelphia by 1823 and operated a fancy and print store from 147 (i.e., 400 block) Chestnut Street from the late 1820s to ca. 1835. He also published engravings, sheet music, books, and portraiture, often with engraver and lithographer Cephas G. Childs in the 1830s.
Hobson was naturalized in October 1828, and resided in the Chestnut Ward in 1830. His widow E. Hobson operated the fancy store beginning in 1835.
Is part of Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
References See Barker, J. J.; Childs, C. G.; and Mason, William.
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Call number Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Bibliographic citation Census 1830
Library Company of Philadelphia research file
Peters, 218
Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1823-1835
Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records
Image file HSP-Hobson-W36-Ba-38-B-934