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| | Born in New York in 1827. LeCount was one of the first to arrive with the Gold Rush. He established a lithography business in San Francisco with artist W. B. Cooke in 1850. The firm dissolved in 1852 at which time LeCount appears to have abandoned lithography to become a bookseller and stationer. He died in Brooklyn, NY on July 12, 1878, leaving an estate in San Francisco valued at $75,000. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Census; California on Stone (Peters); Alta, 5-20-1879, p.1 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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