Frederick Kuhl (c. 1812 - 18??) was a German-American lithographer and printer active in Philadelphia from about 1840-1853, then in San Francisco, California from 1854. Kuhl was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, and, in 1839, emigrated to New York. He was naturalized in Philadelphia. He worked with lithographer Augustus Kollner in the early 1840s and partnered with George Kuhl (brother?) as 'F. and G. Kuhl' (1842 - 1846). In California he appears to disappear from record. There are some indications that he may have worked for the Chinese language presses in San Francisco, and others that suggest he managed a 'liquor saloon'.