John H. Bufford's & Sons
Prolific 19th-century Boston lithography firm
John Henry Bufford was a lithographer in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts. Bufford trained "in the Pendleton shop in Boston from 1829 to 1831." In 1835 he moved to New York, where he "worked independently for five years while accepting commissions from George Endicott and Nathaniel Currier." Bufford returned to Boston in 1839, and became "chief artist" in the print shop owned by Benjamin W. Thayer (who had bought the Pendleton outfit)." By 1844, the shop's name changed to J.H. Bufford & Co. (1844–1851)." By one assessment, "Bufford's firm produced lively, accomplished images in many forms, including sheet music, city views, marine views and landscapes, book illustrations, reproductions of paintings, commercial depictions of factories, and contemporary genre views; ... [and] lithographic portraits copied from daguerreotypes." Artists who worked for Bufford included Francis D'Avignon, Winslow Homer, and Leopold Grozelier. Clients included music publisher William H. Oakes. After Bufford's death in 1870, his sons Frank G. Bufford and John Henry Bufford, Jr. continued the business. By 1879, "J.H. Bufford's Sons, Manufacturing Publishers of Novelties in Fine Arts" worked from offices at 141-147 Franklin Street, Boston; and in 1881–1882 expanded the enterprise as far as New York and Chicago.
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Artworks by this artist
- Sperm whaling with its varieties
- The United States frigate Constitution – at anchor off Fort Adams, Newport, R.I. 1861
- Sorrows of boyhood – no. 1 – ‘I’ll tell the Master’ 1852
- Island Ledge House, Wells Beach, Me.
- The old Congregational Church, Saco 1860
- Abraham Lincoln 1865
- Edward Everett
- Bufford’s vegetable cards, no. 790-1 [potato] 1887
- Bufford’s banner show cards no. 28 pug dog 1887
- A tribute to the memory of the fallen brave 1864
- The coming step
- Baptist meeting house, Phenix, R.I.
- Bufford’s fruit cards, no. 779-4 [apple] 1887
- Vermont Capitol, Montpelier
- The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O.H. Perry’s victory 1878
- Christ Church, Boston – erected A.D. 1723 – this church contains the first ring of bells cast for North America
- Bufford’s banner show cards 1887
- Bufford’s fruit cards, no. 779-5 [grapes] 1887
- Continental Hotel, corner of Chestnut & Ninth street Philadelphia
- Frank Jones’ brewery & malt houses