Wagner & McGuigan
Wagner & McGuigan
American, active 1845–1858
LocationPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Biographyhttp://www.library.upenn.edu/collections/rbm/keffer/wagner.htmlPhiladelphia Lithographers: Wagner & McGuigan (Thomas S. Wagner (d. 1863) and James McGuigan (b. ca. 1815))
Thomas S. Wagner worked for Peter S. Duval until around 1844 when he joined E. J. Pinkerton and James McGuigan in the firm of Pinkerton, Wagner & McGuigan. It was one of the first firms to print in color and won a silver medal for polychromatic lithograph y using five colors at the Franklin Institute's exhibition in 1844 . Pinkerton resigned in 1845 and the firm continued as Wagner & McGuigan. The firm soon had one of the largest operations in the city competing directly with firms run by Peter S. Duval an d Thomas S. Sinclair.
Wagner & McGuigan owned their own building, the Athenian Building, at Franklin Place. The building was severly damaged by a fire in December 1850 but the owners were able to rebuild. Unfortunately, the firm lost everything in a second fire in November 185 7. Once again Wagner and McGuigan rebuilt, but the partnership dissolved soon after. Thomas S. Wagner died in 1863.
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