William Sharp (lithographer)
American printmaker
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| Intro | American printmaker | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Lithographer | |
| Work field | Science | |
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| Birth | 1 January 1803 | |
| Death | 1 January 1875 (aged 72 years) |
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London painter William Sharp (1803–1875) is credited for the introduction of chromolithography to America in 1840.
He had worked for the lithographer Charles Hullmandel in London, and on his arrival in Boston in 1840, went into partnership with Francis Michelin, who had also been employed by Hullmandel. Michelin went on to establish his own company in New York in around 1844.
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Victoria regia; chromolithograph (after John Fisk Allen)
Victoria water lily
Boston Common, 1851