| Title |
Richards, John |
| Date |
d. August 26, 1889 |
| Description |
John Richards, born in Sweden, was a self-trained lithographic artist who drew a series of lithographic views of Germantown
in the later 19th century. Richards began his artistic career during his convalescence at Chestnut Hill Hospital during the
Civil War. A New York volunteer, Richards relocated to Germantown following his discharge from the army. He was made sexton
of the Calvary P.E. Church and continued his sketches of Germantown, which were lithographed by John Hart and sold to neighborhood
residents and visitors. In 1913, Julius Sasche compiled and published the views under the title "Quaint Old Germantown: Sixty
Views of Ancient Landmarks...1863-1888." Richards died on August 26, 1889
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Hart, John. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Sasche, Quaint Old Germantown, 6-7 |
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Garber, Keyser, Kain and McCann, History of Old Germantown, preface, 176-177, 329 |
