Sharp, William (1803-1875)

Name:

Sharp, William (1803-1875)

Title:

Member, Society of British Artists, 1831
Exhibitor, Boston Athenaeum

Born:

11/18/1803

Birthplace:

Portsmouth, England

Died:

07/02/1875

Death Location:

Milton, MA

Residence:

London, England 1827
Boston, MA 1839-1853
Dorchester, MA 1856-1862
Cambridge, MA 1865, 1870

Nationality:

English

Occupation:

Artist
Engraver
Lithographer
Photographer
Teacher

Father:

Sharp, William

Mother:

Mary

Relations:

Partnership, Sharp, Michelin & Co., Boston, 1840-1841
(William Sharp and Francis Michelin)
Partnership, William & James C. Sharp, Boston, 1841-1842
(William Sharp and James C. Sharp)
Partnership, Bouvee & Sharp, Boston, 1843-1844
(Ephraim Bouvee and William Sharp)
Partnership, William Sharp & Company, Boston, 1845-1847
(William Sharp and William C. Sharp)
Partnership, Sharp & Son, Boston, 1852-1853
(William Sharp and Philip T. Sharp)

Spouse:

Emma G. Nesbet (1805-1869), April 16, 1827, London

Children:

Philip T.
Susan W.
George H.
Coralie
Walter F.
Clara E.
Lizzie C.
Edward Thrasher, born December 7, 1846' died November 3, 1864

Notes:

Bettina A. Norton, "William Sharp: Accomplished Lithographer," in Art & Commerce: American Prints of the Nineteenth Century. (Boston, Massachusetts: Museum of fine Arts, 1978), 68, 70.

Sally Pierce and Catharina Slautterback, Boston Lithography, 1825-1880. The Boston Athenaeum Collection. (Boston, Massachusetts: The Boston Athenaeum, 1991), 6, 8, 9-11, 12, 128, 129, 151-154, 156, 167, 173, 181, 182.

England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1970.

London, England, church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932

Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA