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Title Pendleton, Kearny & Childs
Date fl. 1829-1830
Description Pendleton, Kearny & Childs, the partnership between Boston lithographer John B. Pendleton and Philadelphia engravers Francis Kearny and Cephas G. Childs active 1829-1830, was one of the early Philadelphia lithographic firms. The second successful commercial firm in Philadelphia after Kennedy & Lucas, the firm at 185 (i.e., 500 block) Chestnut Street printed and published lithographs delineated by respected local artists, including Albert Newsam, Rembrandt Peale, Hugh Bridport, E. W. Clay, and Moses Swett. The brief partnership ended when Pendleton relocated to New York. Kearny retired to his hometown of Perth Amboy, New Jersey not long after in 1833. Childs continued the business with portrait painter Henry Inman.
Is part of Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
References See Childs, Cephas G.; Childs & Inman; Bridport, Hugh; Clay, E. W.; Inman, Henry; Kearny, Francis; Kennedy & Lucas; Newsam, Albert ; Peale, Rembrandt; Pendleton, John B.; and Swett, Moses.
Call number Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers
Bibliographic citation Groce & Wallace, 497
Library Company of Philadelphia research file
Peters, 136-139
Pierce and Slautterback, Boston Lithography, 8
WWWAA, 2566