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| Lewis Bradley is well-known for his published views of Oswego and Syracuse, New York, among other places. He was born circa 1810 in Geddington, Northamptonshire, England, and moved to Utica, New York, together with his parents and sister as a young adult (about 1830). His sister Susan was married to James Benton, who became mayor of Utica. His brother Edward was an accomplished landscape painter (mainly oils) in England.
Submitted by Jonathan Benton, great-great grandnephew of the artist
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| A landscape painter and draughtsman, Lewis Bradley was listed as a lithographer and drawing master in Utica, New York directories for 1832 and 1833.
He exhibited landscape and still life paintings at the National Academy in 1838 and 1839; was listed as an artisan in the directories 1846 to 1851, and from 1852 to 1873 as a landscape painter and draughtsman. His view of Syracuse circa1850 has been reproduced.
Source:
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, Who Was Who in American Art
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