Albert Newsam was an American lithographer and painter. He was born deaf in Steubenville, Ohio, and orphaned as a small child. He displayed artistic talent at an early age, was brought to Philadelphia
Albert Newsam, circa 1850
An Advertisement for P.S. Duval including Newsam's Lithography
Newsam's lithograph of the 1854 Monument to Thomas Galludet in Hartford, Connecticut
Thomas Loraine McKenney was a United States official who served as Superintendent of Indian Affairs from 1824 to 1830.
Albert Newsam
…Osgood was published in 1834 with the endorsement underneath that it was the "only correct likeness that has been taken of me." He created images for Thomas McKenney and James Hall for their book History of the Indian Tribes of North American. He also created landscapes, medical illustrations and images for sheet…