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1854 Spindler View of Boston, Massachusetts
ViewofBoston-spindler-1854Some print connoisseurs believe that it was only with the advent of the full-blown city-view lithograph that American printmaking reached its first plateau of originality, making a historical contribution to the graphic arts. They cite the differences between the European city-view prints and the expansive American version that reflects a new land and a new attitude toward the land.The vogue for bird's-eye city views lasted from about 1845 to 1920, during which period some 2,400 cities were thus portrayed, some multiple times. Although views were produced in many urban centers, the nexus of view production in the United States was Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The major American viewmakers were Stoner, Wellge, Bailey, Fowler, Hill, Ruger, Koch, Burleigh, Norris, and Morse, among others.
Bernard Spindler (December 30, 1825 - December 29, 1865) was a German-American artist and lithographer. Born in Germany, Spindler died one day before his fortieth birthday from consumption. He married Rosalia Stetfilt, another German immigrant, on May 27, 1851. More by this mapmaker...
Ebenezer Tappen (September 11, 1815 - January 25, 1854) was an American engraver, lithographer, and publisher. Born in Manchester, Massachusetts, Tappen began working for a banknote and letterhead engraver in Boston in 1837. He worked as an engraver and lithographer from the same address, 39 State Street, until late 1848 or early 1849, when he formed a partnership with Ludowick Harrington Bradford (November 10, 1820 - December 13, 1885), another engraver and lithographer in Boston. The pair operated Tappen and Bradford until Tappen's death, when Bradford started his own firm called L.H. Bradford and Company. Learn More...
Lodowick Harrington Bradford (November 10, 1820 - December 13, 1885) was a Boston based engraver lithographer active in the second half of the 19th century. Bradford was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He studied as a line engraver before transitioning to the then new art of lithography. He even invented his own photolithographic ambrotype process that created a durable photographic picture on lithographic stone. In 1849 he partnered with Ebenezer Tappen (1815 - 1854) to form the Boston firm of Tappan and Bradford. The partnership remained active until Tappan's untimely death in January, 1854. From 1854 to 1859 Bradford continued to operate the firm, but the imprint changed to 'L. H. Bradford and Company.' It is not clear who the 'and Company' was, possibly Tappan's heirs? From late 1859 until his 1870, he printed under 'L. H. Bradford.' His last known lithographs appeared in 1860, but he did continue copper and steel engraving until his death. Bradford was married to Martha Brown, from an old Gloucester Family. After his wedding in 1849, he divided his time between Gloucester and Boston. In Gloucester he made the acquaintance of the local painter Fitz Henry Lane (1804 - 1865) and worked with him to produce several views in the 1850s. He died on the road between Boston and Gloucester in 1885. Learn More...
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