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Title Ibbotson, Harvey J.
Alternate title Ibbotson, Arvah J.
Date ca. 1818-August 1, 1880
Description Harvey J. Ibbotson, born of Jewish descent ca. 1818 in England, worked as a lithographic artist in Philadelphia and Boston ca. 1850-ca. 1870. Ibbotson immigrated to the United States before 1846 and worked as a merchant in Philadelphia 1846-1848. Listed in the 1850 census as a resident of Boston, Ibbotson was also listed in the 1850 Philadelphia City Directory as a lithographer residing at Marshall above Fourth Street. Before Ibbotson relocated permanently to Philadelphia, he designed prints for J. H. Bufford & Co. of Boston 1850-ca. 1856.
As of the late 1850s, Ibbotson appeared steadily in Philadelphia city directories, at a variety of Center City addresses, including 432 South Fifth Street (1856); 349 South Third Street (1857); and 311 Walnut Street, the lithographic establishment of William Boell (1859). During this period, Ibbotson also partnered with James Queen on advertisements and views, including the "Delaware Water Gap" printed ca. 1856. By 1861 Ibbotson designed lithographs for premier lithographer Thomas Sinclair, including a number of city and landscape views. In 1870, Ibbotson remained listed in the census as a lithographic artist and in 1880 as an artist.
Ibbotson resided in South Philadelphia and Center City between the 1850s and 1870s and at 935 Morris Street (including his studio) by 1875. Married to the Irish-born Josephine by the early 1860s, Ibbotson had six children, including one-year old Charles, by the time of his death on August 1, 1880. Ibbotson was also a member of Shekinah Lodge Ancient York Masons and Myrtle Wreath Lodge, Knights of Pythias.
Is part of Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
References See Boell, William; Queen, James; and Sinclair, Thomas.
Call number Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Bibliographic citation Census 1850, 1878, 1880
Groce & Wallace, 338
Library Company of Philadelphia research file
Peters, 228
Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1850-1861 (intermittently)
Sunday Dispatch, August 8, 1880
WWWAA, 1680