Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896

LC control no.	n 78013169
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Sarony, Napoleon, 1821-1896 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Sarony, 1821-1896
Other standard no.	61851763 000000006663391X
Located	New York (N.Y.) Birmingham (England)
Address	66, New Street Birmingham England 680 Broadway 37 Union Square 256 Fifth Avenue 126 West 47th Street New York N.Y.
Birth date	1821-03-09
Death date	1896-11-09
Place of birth	Québec (Québec)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Field of activity	Lithography Photography Portrait photography
Affiliation	Currier & Ives Sarony & Major Sarony & Co. Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.
Profession or occupation	Lithographers Photographers Portrait photographers
Found in	Bassham, B. L. The theatrical photographs of ... c1978 (subj.) t.p. (Napoleon Sarony) introd. (1821-1896) Annual exhibition of the Society of Amateur Photographers of New York, the Photographic Society of Philadelphia and the Boston Camera Club (7th : 1894 : New York, N.Y.). Catalogue of the seventh annual exhibition of the Society of Amateur Photographers of New York, the Photographic Society of Philadelphia and the Boston Camera Club, 1894: plate (from copyright photograph by Sarony) Luminous Lint Web site, Apr. 2, 2015 (Sarony (1821-1896), born: Napoleon Sarony, Quebec, Canada; moved to New York in 1836; worked as a lithographer for Nathaniel Currier until he established his own lithographic firm in 1843; originally self-taught, in 1858 he went to Europe for formal artistic training; in1864 he apprenticed himself to his brother, Oliver Francois Xavier Sarony, a noted photographer in Scarborough, England; later active in Birminham, England; returned to New York in 1866 and opened a studio at 680 Broadway, moved to 37 Union Square in 1871 and to 256 Fifth Avenue about 1885; became one of the most famous photographers in America, specializing in photographing actors and actresses; backmarks and a business card show the mentioned addresses and 66, New Street, Birmingham, England) <http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Napoleon__Sarony/A/> Wikipedia, Apr. 2, 2015 (Napoleon Sarony (March 9, 1821-November 9, 1896); American lithographer and photographer, best known for his [photographic] portraits of the stars of late-19th-century American theater; worked as an illustrator for Currier and Ives before joining with James Major and starting his own lithography business, Sarony & Major, in 1843; firm name changed to Sarony and Company, 1853-1857, and Sarony, Major & Knapp, 1857-1867; left the firm in 1867 and established a photography studio at 37 Union Square) New York times, Nov. 10, 1896, via ProQuest, Apr. 2, 2015 (Napoleon Sarony, the photographer, was found dead yesterday morning in bed in his house, 126 West 47th Street [New York, N.Y.]; born in 1821 in Quebec; came to New York about 1833 and worked as lithographer, founding the firm of Sarony & Major (later Sarony, Major & Knapp and now the Knapp Lithograph Company); branched into theatrical field and was a pioneer in poster work; later went to Europe to study art, including studies with his brother, a photographer in Scarborough; opened a studio in Birmingham; returned to New York in 1865 and started photographic studio; photographed 30,000 actors and 200,000 of the general public) ULAN, Apr. 2, 2015 (Sarony, Napoleon‏, Canadian photographer, 1821-1896, active in Great Britain‏)