Albert Newsam, American painter and illustrator (born 1809)

Albert Newsam

American lithographer and painter (1809–1864)

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, Pennsylvania, and studied at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf. He was an…