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Gift of Judith Zlotsky, 1987.80.4 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society
Theodore R. Davis
Gift of Judith Zlotsky, 1987.80.4 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society

Theodore R. Davis

American, 1840 - 1894
BiographyTheodore R. Davis was born in Boston, but apparently had moved to New York City by about 1855. He worked as an illustrator and artist-correspondent for Harper's Weekly from about 1861 to 1884. In 1884, he retired to Asbury Park, New Jersey, where he continued to do free-lance work until his death in 1894.
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