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| | Born in Maryland about 1812. Lewis worked in Boston and NYC before joining the Gold Rush to California in 1849. Traveling overland, the scenes he sketched along the way were later used as the subject of a large panorama. By 1851 he was back in the East and active in Boston and NYC until 1860. Exh: American Art Union, 1851, 1852. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (Groce, George C. and David H. Wallace); Artists of the American West (Samuels). | | 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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