| Title |
Quintin, D. S. (David S.) |
| Date |
July 1818-January 24, 1905 |
| Description |
David S. Quintin, respected Trenton farmer and horseman born in Pennsylvania in July 1818, trained and worked as a lithographer
in Philadelphia ca. 1841-ca. 1845. A pupil of Alfred Hoffy, known work by Quintin includes a periodical illustration for Hoffy's
"Orchardist Companion" (1841) and the advertisement "United States Hotel" (1840), both printed by P. S. Duval. Although he
delineated lithographs of horses in the 1860s, Quintin remained active in the Philadelphia trade until about 1845 and by 1850
operated a boarding house in Nottingham, New Jersey, before entering the farming and horsemanship trade. He was known as an
excellent rider and instructor, owned Quintin's Track (a.k.a. Villa Park) in Trenton, as well as operated Trenton Riding Academy
until 1888. Quintin died on January 24, 1905 while he resided with his son and engineer Thomas (b. 1847) in Philadelphia.
He was interred at Mercer Cemetery in the Quintin family vault in Trenton, N.J.
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During the 1840s while working in the lithographic trade, Quintin resided at Allen Road above Frankford Road in Kensington.
By 1850, he relocated to Mercer County, N.J. and resided with his wife Caroline (b. ca. 1825-1876) and his first two of several
sons in the boarding house that he operated. He remained in Mercer County through the 1880s maintaining real estate valued
at $18-20,000 between 1860 and 1870. By 1900, Quintin relocated to the Philadelphia residence of his son.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Hoffy, Alfred and Duval, P. S. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
"A History of Trenton 1679-1929," http://trentonhistory.org/His/Recreation.html |
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Census 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900 |
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Library Company of Philadelphia research file |
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Philadelphia Business and City Directories, 1844-1848 (intermittently) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, January 25, 1905 |
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Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser, January 29, 1905 |
