biography of Charles MAGNUS (XIX)

Addresses: Had a large business in NYC and Wash., DC, from about 1854 into the 1870s

Profession: Lithographer

Work: National Portrait Gal., Wash., D.C.

Comments: Specialized in letterheads. Peters records a great number of views and ephemeral "news" prints turned out by him. Reps also lists a number of city views. From 1856-59 appears to have published as Charles Magnus & Co.

Sources: G&W; NYBD 1854; Peters, America on Stone, pl. 95 and text. See also Reps (catalog entries); McMahan, Artists of Washington, D.C.