| Title |
Sherwin, John H. |
| Date |
b. February 1834 |
| Description |
John H. Sherwin, born February 1834 in Bellows Falls, Vt., worked as a lithographic artist in Philadelphia at the firm of
L. N. Rosenthal ca. 1854-ca. 1861. By 1850, Sherwin started in the printing trades as a printer in Windham, Vt. at the newspaper
"Bellows Falls Gazette." First listed as an "artist" at the address of Rosenthal (Fifth and Chestnut Streets) in Philadelphia
city directories in 1857, Sherwin, according to Peters perviously trained in lithography under Morawski in New York. In New
York, he also created lithographs printed by Sarony, including the sheet music cover for "The Hippopotamus Polka." While with
Rosenthal, Sherwin designed book illustrations and cityscape views such as the intricately composed commemorative print "Second
Reformed Dutch Church" (1857).
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During the early 1860s, Sherwin departed Philadelphia; his last city directory listing was in 1861 with an address at 33 North
Twelfth Street. He then worked as an artist in New York and later Boston as noted by Peters. By 1880, he resided as an artist
in Springfield, Ma. where he married Laura Sadler (1829-1899), the widow of William Sadler, in 1884. Following the death
of his wife in 1899, he relocated to New Haven, Ct. and the household of his brother-in-law [Merrill] Wheelock Chapin (b.
1826) as recorded in the 1900 census.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Rosenthal, L. N. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1850, 1880, 1900 |
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Groce & Wallace, 576 |
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Library Company of Philadelphia research file |
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Peters, 366 |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1857-1861 (intermittently) |
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WWWAA, 3010 |
