Capewell, Samuel
Samuel Capewell (January 22, 1826 - 1865) was a British-born line and letter engraver and publisher, active in New York in the middle part of the 19th century. Capewell was born in Birmingham, England, and emigrated to New York in 1850. Much of his work is associated with Christopher Kimmel, a German immigrant engraver with whom he lived at a Manhattan boarding house in 1850. They joined forces under the imprint of 'Capewell and Kimmel' around 1853 - probably to capitalize on the Industry of All Nations Exhibition (1853 - 1854), which was drawing people to New York. The firm later acquired the lucrative contract to print fashion images for Godey's Magazine. They published prolifically until 1863, when Capewell, then living in Newark, New Jersey, was drafted into the American Civil War (1861 - 1865). Although there is no record of Capewell in the Soldiers and Sailors database, there is an 1865 life insurance claim for him with Mutual Life, suggesting he died that year.
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