| Title |
Tholeys |
| Alternate title |
C. P. & A. J. Tholey |
| Date |
fl. ca. 1851-1895 |
| Description |
The Tholeys, comprised of father Michael (b. ca. 1802) and brothers Charles P. (1832-1895) and Augustus J. (ca. 1844-1898),
were German lithographers, artists, and painters active in Philadelphia ca. 1851-1895.
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Michael Tholey, born in Germany ca. 1802, immigrated to Philadelphia with his sons ca. 1848. By 1851, he had partnered with
looking-glass and picture frame manufactory owner Gustave Pelman. Their short-lived partnership dissolved by September 1851,
and Michael was listed as a painter at 246 Callowhill Street in an 1852 Philadelphia city directory.
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The Tholeys created bank notes for the United States government (according to Peters) and delineated lithographs printed by
E. Ketterlinus, John Smith, P. S. Duval, David Chillas, Thomas Wagner, and Jacob Haehnlen. Charles, and possibly his father
and brother, were also employed by Bowen & Co. (s.w. corner of Eleventh and Chestnut Streets) in 1863. They subsequently went
into business for themselves in the early 1870s at 419 Green Street (Michael's home address) and received commissions to depict
cityscape views, landscapes, and historical scenes.
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Later in their careers, presumably after Michael's death in the late 1870s, Augustus and Charles created paintings and pastel
portraits. August worked for the Devine Printing Company at 909 Arch Street as an artist in the late 1880s and into the 1890s.
Charles passed away on April 26, 1895 and August three years later on January 12, 1898.
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| Is part of |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| References |
See Bowen & Co.; Chillas, David; Duval, P. S.; Haehnlen, Jacob; Ketterlinus, Eugene; Smith, John; and Wagner, Thomas. |
| Call number |
Philadelphia on Stone Biographical Dictionary of Lithographers |
| Bibliographic citation |
Census 1870 and 1880 |
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Groce & Wallace, 624 |
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Merrill, 266 |
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Peters, 383-384 |
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Philadelphia Business & City Directories, 1851-1895 (intermittently) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer, April 10, 1851, April 30, 1895, and January 16, 1898 |
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WWWAA, 3278 |
