About the Lithograph

Evidence suggests that Albert Conant commissioned Fitz Henry Lane to draw the sketch from which this lithographic view of Norwich, Connecticut, was made. Conant then turned to a New York firm, Sarony & Major, to print the view in color in 1849. Napoleon Sarony was born in Quebec and came to New York where he learned lithography from Henry R. Robinson. He then worked for Nathaniel Currier before creating his own firm with Henry B. Major, who had also worked for Currier. The firm began printing lithographs in color in the 1840s. The process was complex, requiring the use of multiple stones, and it is unlikely that Lane participated in this aspect of the production.

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