1848 Kollner View of George Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon, Virginia

Augustus Theodore Frederick Köllner (1812 - December 10, 1906) was an artist, engraver, and lithographer based in Philadelphia. Born in Wurttemberg, Germany, Köllner began his career in Germany, working as a book illustrator in Stuttgart and Paris in the late 1820s and 1830s before immigrating to the United States in 1839. After settling in Washington, D.C., Köllner worked as a lithographer for the Haas firm, working on advertisements, bank notes, and city views. He moved to Philadelphia in 1840 and tried unsuccessfully to establish himself as a portrait painter. After this misstep, Köllner became the second chief artist of P.S. Duval and William Huddy's 'U.S. Military Magazine' (1839 - 1842). Throughout the 1840s, Köllner worked as a lithographer for many different Philadelphia based lithographic firms, including Duval, J.T. Bowen, Frederick Kuhl, Thomas Sinclair, and Wagner and McGuigan. Between 1847 and 1848, Köllner began working for the lithographic firm Brechemin and Camp, for whom he designed all genres of lithographs and advertised his own lithographic views based on his annual summer sketching trips along the East Coast. His work also began to be published in the seminal series 'View of American Cities', published between 1848 and 1851 by Goupil, Vibert, and Company. While working for Brechemin and Camp, Köllner was responsible for creating the multi-foot Dripp's map of New York City. Kollner established his own firm in 1851 and worked on a wide range of projects, including advertisements, labels, city and landscape views, and maps. During the Civil War, Köllner enlisted in the cavalry in 1863 and later sold photographic reproductions of the etchings he did as a soldier. He produced his last series of landscape lithographs entitled 'Bits of Nature' in 1878, but focused mostly on his watercolor work during the late 1870s. Köllner retired in the early 1880s, but continued to make sketching trips around the Philadelphia area. Köllner married Mary Sheek (c. 1821 - 1899) in 1843, and they had several children, three of which survived infancy: William, Clara, and Josephine. Köllner died on December 10, 1906. More by this mapmaker...

Isidore Laurent Deroy (April 14, 1797 - November 25, 1886) was a French artist, lithographer, and draughtsman. Born in Paris, Deroy studied under Louis François Cassas (1756 - 1827) and another artiste sited only as 'Félix'. His is best known for his collaboration with André Chapuy (1888 - 1941) and Louis Le Breton (1818 - 1866) to produce views of cities and geographical sites all over the world. His lithographs were displayed at the Salon de Louvre from 1827 until 1866, and in 1836 and 1861 was awarded 3rd Class Medals. He produced lithographs of a diverse array of subjects and published views of all parts of the world. His children Emilie Deroy and Auguste-Victor Deroy followed him as painters and lithographers. Learn More...

François Louis Cattier (May 4, 1796 - 18xx) was a French printer active during the mid-19th century. Born n Paris, he ran Madame Motte's printing firm and then bought its inventory to start his own firm. He invented the eidography printing process. His oeuvre focuses on portraits of politicians and landscapes. He worked for Goupil and Vibert, as well as their English and American associates. He retired to Belleville in 1856. Cattier was married and had children. Learn More...

Jean-Baptiste Michel Adolphe Goupil (March 7, 1806 - May 9, 1893) was a French publisher and seller of art and prints during the 19th century. Born n Paris, he founded the company Goupil et Cie, which became one of the world's biggest art dealers during the 19th century. Goupil founded his first company in 1827 and then partnered with Henry Rittner (1802 - c. 1840), another Parisian print dealer, in 1829. Rittner disappears in 1840. Goupil found a new associate, Théodore Vibert (1816 - 1850), between 1841 and 1842 and the firm become Goupil, Vibert et Cie. Beginning in 1848, Goupil and Vibert embarked on an ambitious plan to create a worldwide network of associated dealers and opened branches in London and New York. Vibert died in 1850 and left several children, whom Goupil looked after. Starting in 1846, Goupil began to move away from dealing exclusively in prints and began buying and selling paintings. Over the next few decades, Goupil's firm became one of the largest art dealers in the world. Goupil, who lost two sons during his lifetime, slowly began to withdraw from working in 1884 and his associate Léon Boussod (1826 - 1896) took over the business in 1886 and renamed it 'Goupil et Cie - Boussod, Valadon et Cie successeurs'. The firm continued to operated until Vincent Imberti bought the company's archive in 1921. Learn More...

Théodore Vibert (1816 - 1850) was a French printer publisher. Vibert joined the Goupil et Cie firm in 1842 and the firm became Goupil, Vibert et Cie. While Vibert was working with Adolphe Goupil (March 11, 1806 - May 9, 1893), the firm greatly expanded its activities and created a global network of alliances linked to its headquarters in Paris. Learn More...