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Museum purchase, 1979.46.21
Theodore R. Davis
Museum purchase, 1979.46.21

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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