William Sharp (lithographer)

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William Sharp (1803–1875) was a British-born painter who is credited with introducing chromolithography to America in 1840.Meggs, Philip B. A History of Graphic Design. 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 147

Sharp had worked for the lithographer Charles Hullmandel in London. On his arrival in Boston in 1840, Sharp became partners with Francis Michelin, another former employee of Hullmandel.{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/viewsviewmakerso0000reps/page/28 28]|title=Views and Viewmakers of Urban America|first=John William|last= Reps|publisher=University of Missouri Press|year=1984|isbn= 978-0-8262-0416-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/viewsviewmakerso0000reps|url-access=registration}}