F. O. C. Darley
Overview
United States
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painter
Painting
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in watercolor and illustrator
Illustrator
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, known for his illustration
Illustration
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s in works by well-known 19th century authors, including: James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the early 19th century. He is best remembered as a novelist who wrote numerous sea-stories and the historical novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales, featuring frontiersman Natty Bumppo...
, Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
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, Mary Maples Dodge, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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, Washington Irving
Washington Irving
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, George Lippard
George Lippard
George Lippard was a 19th-century American novelist, journalist, playwright, social activist, and labor organizer. Nearly forgotten today, he was one of the most widely-read authors in antebellum America. A friend of Edgar Allan Poe, Lippard advocated a socialist political philosophy and sought...
, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...
, Donald Grant Mitchell
Donald Grant Mitchell
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, Clement Clarke Moore
Clement Clarke Moore
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, Frances Parkman, Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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and Nathaniel Parker Willis
Nathaniel Parker Willis
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Darley was born June 23, 1822 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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. He was a self-taught and prolific artist who started out as a staff artist for a Philadelphia publishing company where he was given a wide variety of assignments.
