L. R. Burleigh

Lucien Rinaldo Burleigh Jr. (1853–1923), whose work was often signed L. R. Burleigh, was an artist and lithographer in Troy, New York who drew and published panoramic maps.[1] His business has been identified as Burleigh Lithograph Company or Burleigh Lithograph Establishment. He produced views of approximately 280 locations of which 120 have been established as his while the others include work by other artists.[2]

According to the Library of Congress:

The Library of Congress has 163 Burleigh panoramic city plans. State and local archives in New York may contain even more of Burleigh's views. An 1883 Troy city directory listed Burleigh as a civil engineer. By 1886, he had become a lithographer and view publisher, publishing under the name Burleigh Lithographing Company. [...] Burleigh published panoramic maps as late as 1892, but his most productive years were from 1885 to 1890. Views were published under his personal name and under the imprint Burleigh Lithographing Company or Burleigh Lithographing Establishment.[3]

Burleigh was born in Plainfield, Connecticut.[4] One of his lithographs is in the Smithsonian American Art Museum collection.[4] The Boston Public Library and Library of Congress also have examples of his lithographs in their collections.

Burleigh's drawings were made into lithographs and include the name of each locality in an artistically stylized font as well as a listing of local landmarks. The designs were copyrighted. Some of the lithographs he published from earlier than 1886 and later than 1889 indicate they were published by Burleigh and copyrighted by his business but drawn by someone else.

His grandfather was the principal at Plainfield Academy in Connecticut.[2] Burleigh graduated from Worcester County Free Institute of Industrial Science.[2]

  1. ^ Historical New Hampshire. New Hampshire Historical Society. 1983.
  2. ^ a b c John William Reps (1984). Views and Viewmakers of Urban America: Lithographs of Towns and Cities in the United States and Canada, Notes on the Artists and Publishers, and a Union Catalog of Their Work, 1825-1925. University of Missouri Press. pp. 167–. ISBN 978-0-8262-0416-5.
  3. ^ "Panoramic Artists and Publishers - Articles and Essays - Panoramic Maps - Digital Collections - Library of Congress". Library of Congress.
  4. ^ a b "Lucien Rinaldo Burleigh". Smithsonian American Art Museum.