biografia di Elijah HOBART (?-1864)
Birth place: England
Addresses: Boston, MA, mid 1840s; Albany, NY, 1850s; Washington, DC, until 1864
Profession: Engraver and lithographer
Exhibited: Am. Inst., NYC, 1846 (pencil drawing)
Comments: Came to America as early as 1843 and was working in Boston with Joseph Andrews (see entry) in the mid 1840s. He worked for the Bureau of Engraving & Printing until 1864, when he was killed in battle in the Civil War.
Sources: G&W; Boston CD 1843, 1845, BD 1844, 1846-47; Am. Inst. Cat., 1846; Albany CD 1852-60; Stauffer; Thieme-Becker; Fielding; McMahan, Artists of Washington, DC.