biography of Philip HAAS (XIX)

Addresses: Wash., DC, active between 1837-45

Profession: Lithographer and publisher

Comments: His work included technical prints, portraits, and views of Washington, Mr. Vernon, and Baltimore. In 1837 he was working with Moses Swett (see entry) and about 1840 he employed Augustus Köllner (see entry).

Sources: G&W; Peters, America on Stone; Antiques (Feb. 1945), 104, repro. More recently, see Reps, 186 and 320 (cat. no. 1277).