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Frederick DeBourg (De Berg) Richards

Frederick DeBourg (De Berg) Richards (1822 - 1903) was active/lived in New York, Delaware.  Frederick Richards is known for Landscape and coastal view painting, etching.

The following is from Laurie A. Baty, Deputy Director, Collections, US Holocaust Memorial Museum.  In the 1995 Daguerreian Annual, she also published an article titled: "Proud of the Result of My Labor': Frederick DeBourg Richards (1822-1903)."

CHRONOLOGY:

b. June 24, 1822, Wilmington, DE - d. January 26, 1903, Philadelphia, PA

1836 to Westtown Friends
1840 in New York as an art student
After 1844 work regularly included in American Art-Union exhibitions
July 1845, age 23, gave a painting of Lafayette to the City of Wilmington.
1846 practicing the photographic art of daguerreotypy
1848 in city directories as a daguerreotypist
1850 photographic work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine-Arts, Franklin Institute's Institute of American Manufacturers
1851 moved to studio to Chestnut across from the State House (Independence Hall)
Daguerreotyped Jenny Lind on her American tour
Other prominent individuals daguerreotyped by him includ   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5135 characters.]  Artist bio

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