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| Creator: | Smith, Francis. |
| Title: | Francis Smith Letter |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1852 |
| Quantity: | 1 folder (SC) |
| Abstract: | Letter from Francis Smith to Lewis Bradley, concerning Bradley's sketch of Oswego used to create a published bird's-eye view of the city. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
Francis Smith (1823-1908) and his brothers George Warren, David Clifford, and Benjamin Franklin, were the printers and publishers of a series of extremely fine folio-size lithographs of bird's-eye views of American cities. Approximately forty were published between 1848 and 1856, including Philadelphia, Albany, Boston, Syracuse and other.
Lewis Bradley, an artist and teacher of painting, lived in Utica. He was commissioned by the Smith brothers to do sketches for Oswego, Utica and Syracuse.
[Source: Views and Viewmakers of Urban America, by John William Reps (Universoty of Missouri Press:1984), pp. 206-208.]
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Francis Smith Letter consists of a letter from Francis Smith to artist Lewis Bradley, concerning Bradley's sketch of Oswego used to create the Smith brothers' lithograph bird's-eye view of the city. Smith says that "it will answer our purpose very well" and acknowledges that "the difficulty [of making the sketch] is greater owing to there being no elevation directly in front to sketch it from." Unfortunately the sketch itself is not present.
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Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Lewis Bradley Letter,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 2013.
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Created by: MRC
Date: 27 Mar 2013
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