| Title |
Hohenstein, Anton |
| Alternate title |
Hohenstein, Antoine |
| Date |
December 1, 1824-July 20, 1869 |
| Description |
Anton Hohenstein, born November 1, 1819 in Württemberg, Germany, was an artist and oil painter of portraits and historical
scenes with a studio at 329 North Sixth Street in Philadelphia between 1855 and 1870. Son of poverty-striken weaver Alois
Hohenstein (1781-1843) and Maria Eva Fischer (1781-1852), Hohenstein apprenticed as a lithographer, probably in Stuttgart,
and was a student of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich from April 13, 1841 to circa 1845. He studied lithography
and painting. According to the reminiscences of colleague Ferdinand Moras, Hohenstein arrived in Philadelphia in 1850 and
predominately worked as a portrait painter before relocating to Alabama. Hohenstein returned to Philadelphia by 1860 and from
1868 to 1869, delineated "Abraham Lincoln's Last Reception," "Baptism of Pocahontas 1813," and "Franklin's Reception at the
Court of France 1778" for lithographer John Smith. He also created the 1867 portrait of Robert E. Lee for George Spohni and
owned "first rate battle scenes" (possibly his own work) according to an 1870 advertisement promoting the sale of his estate
in the "Public Ledger."
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Hohenstein immigrated to the United States apparently previous to his family as indicated by the May 1854 application by his
wife Dorothea (Dorothy) (b. ca. 1827) listed in the Württemberg, Germany Emigration Index. Dorothea, whom he married on November
23, 1846 in Wuttemberg, arrived in Philadelphia from Stuttgart by about 1855, the year she gave birth to their first Pennsylvania-born
child. By 1860, Hohenstein, his wife and their children (including two born in Germany) resided at 1469 Franklin Street (Ward
13). That year, Hohenstein declared his intent to become a citizen and on October 13, 1863 was naturalized. Hohenstein died
of delirium tremors on July 20, 1869 leaving five children and his wife who worked as a confectioner according to the 1870
census.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Moras, Ferdinand; Smith, John; and Spohni, George. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Baptismal register, Catholic Church St. Peter and Paul, Weil der Stadt |
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Census 1860, 1870 |
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Groce & Wallace, 322 |
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Library Company of Philadelphia research file |
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Matriculation register, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, http://matrikel.adbk.de/05ordner/mb_1809-1841/ |
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Merrill, 109 |
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Moras, Carl Heinrich Schmolze (1885), 22 |
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Peters, 222 |
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Philadelphia, 1789-1880 Naturalization Records |
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Philadelphia Business & City Directories, 1856-1869 |
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Public Ledger, December 20, 1870 |
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U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules Index, 1850-1880 |
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Wuerttemberg, Germany Emigration Index |
