Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926) the second oldest of eleven or twelve children born to the prominent Philadelphia family of Louise Boggs (McCord) and Doctor Stephen Thomas Beale, Sr.
Joseph Beale, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926; a famous American painter and printmaker), and Thomas Eakins (1844-1916; widely acknowledged to be one of America's most important artists) attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art simultaneously. In 1868 Mary Louise (Taffart) married Joseph Boggs Beale, and they moved from Philadelphia to Chicago.
Joseph was a preeminent 19th-century drawing instructor and illustrator. He worked for Frank Leslie's Weekly, Harper's magazine, and the Daily Graphic, the first American newspaper with daily illustrations. Joseph also became well known for his lantern slide or magic lantern drawings scenes.
A collection of his papers consisting of diaries he kept between 1856 and 1865, correspondence, genealogical notes, and family photographs is available at Pennsylvania's Historical Society.
His detailed biography from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania is provided below:
Joseph Boggs Beale was born in Philadelphia in 1841 to Dr. Stephen Thomas Beale, a dentist and founder of the Pennsylvania Association of Dental Surgeons (1814-1899) and Louise Boggs McCord (1815-1887). The oldest of eleven children, Beale attended the Locust Street Grammar School, Central High School, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA). He returned to Central High in October 1862, having beaten out a young Thomas Eakins to become the school's professor of drawing and writing.
In June 1863, Beale enlisted in the army and served with the Company D, 2nd Regiment, Blue Reserves of Philadelphia or the 33rd United States Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. This, however, did not force his career into hiatus. Just a few weeks after enlisting, Beale was appointed a regimental artist and supplied drawings from the field to various magazines for publication. During his tenure he sketched various scenes of camps, soldiers, and battlefields, including Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Hagerstown, Maryland. Beale was mustered out of the army in early August 1863.
Beale resumed teaching in September 1863, but retired just a few years later. He went on to work as an illustrator for magazines such as Frank Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, and the Daily Graphic. In 1868, he married Mary Louise Taffart and the couple moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Beale worked as a book illustrator. Unfortunately, Beale lost the majority of his work during the Chicago fire of October 1871, after which Beale and his wife moved back to Philadelphia. He found commercial work with the Frank Harris Lithography Company and as a magic lantern slide illustrator for Caspar W. Briggs, one of Philadelphia's early glass slide dealers. These hand-tinted slides, which were placed inside machines known as "magic lanterns" that projected the images onto screens, were a popular form of Victorian-era entertainment that lasted into the early twentieth century. Beale created hundreds of such slides later in his career and illustrated everything from Bible stories and morality tales to children's stories and popular songs and poems.
Outside of his artwork, Beale was an avid rower and was a member of the Undine Barge Club, founded in 1856. He died at his home in Germantown in 1926, survived by only one of his ten siblings, brother Albert Barnes Beale. Beale and his wife did not have any children. Many of his magic lantern slide drawings were discovered after his death and were presumably dispersed into the hands of museums and private collectors.
Joseph Beale, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926; a famous American painter and printmaker), and Thomas Eakins (1844-1916; widely acknowledged to be one of America's most important artists) attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art simultaneously. In 1868 Mary Louise (Taffart) married Joseph Boggs Beale, and they moved from Philadelphia to Chicago.
Joseph was a preeminent 19th-century drawing instructor and illustrator. He worked for Frank Leslie's Weekly, Harper's magazine, and the Daily Graphic, the first American newspaper with daily illustrations. Joseph also became well known for his lantern slide or magic lantern drawings scenes.
A collection of his papers consisting of diaries he kept between 1856 and 1865, correspondence, genealogical notes, and family photographs is available at Pennsylvania's Historical Society.
His detailed biography from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania is provided below:
Joseph Boggs Beale was born in Philadelphia in 1841 to Dr. Stephen Thomas Beale, a dentist and founder of the Pennsylvania Association of Dental Surgeons (1814-1899) and Louise Boggs McCord (1815-1887). The oldest of eleven children, Beale attended the Locust Street Grammar School, Central High School, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA). He returned to Central High in October 1862, having beaten out a young Thomas Eakins to become the school's professor of drawing and writing.
In June 1863, Beale enlisted in the army and served with the Company D, 2nd Regiment, Blue Reserves of Philadelphia or the 33rd United States Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. This, however, did not force his career into hiatus. Just a few weeks after enlisting, Beale was appointed a regimental artist and supplied drawings from the field to various magazines for publication. During his tenure he sketched various scenes of camps, soldiers, and battlefields, including Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Hagerstown, Maryland. Beale was mustered out of the army in early August 1863.
Beale resumed teaching in September 1863, but retired just a few years later. He went on to work as an illustrator for magazines such as Frank Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, and the Daily Graphic. In 1868, he married Mary Louise Taffart and the couple moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Beale worked as a book illustrator. Unfortunately, Beale lost the majority of his work during the Chicago fire of October 1871, after which Beale and his wife moved back to Philadelphia. He found commercial work with the Frank Harris Lithography Company and as a magic lantern slide illustrator for Caspar W. Briggs, one of Philadelphia's early glass slide dealers. These hand-tinted slides, which were placed inside machines known as "magic lanterns" that projected the images onto screens, were a popular form of Victorian-era entertainment that lasted into the early twentieth century. Beale created hundreds of such slides later in his career and illustrated everything from Bible stories and morality tales to children's stories and popular songs and poems.
Outside of his artwork, Beale was an avid rower and was a member of the Undine Barge Club, founded in 1856. He died at his home in Germantown in 1926, survived by only one of his ten siblings, brother Albert Barnes Beale. Beale and his wife did not have any children. Many of his magic lantern slide drawings were discovered after his death and were presumably dispersed into the hands of museums and private collectors.
Joseph Boggs Beale (1841-1926) the second oldest of eleven or twelve children born to the prominent Philadelphia family of Louise Boggs (McCord) and Doctor Stephen Thomas Beale, Sr.
Joseph Beale, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926; a famous American painter and printmaker), and Thomas Eakins (1844-1916; widely acknowledged to be one of America's most important artists) attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art simultaneously. In 1868 Mary Louise (Taffart) married Joseph Boggs Beale, and they moved from Philadelphia to Chicago.
Joseph was a preeminent 19th-century drawing instructor and illustrator. He worked for Frank Leslie's Weekly, Harper's magazine, and the Daily Graphic, the first American newspaper with daily illustrations. Joseph also became well known for his lantern slide or magic lantern drawings scenes.
A collection of his papers consisting of diaries he kept between 1856 and 1865, correspondence, genealogical notes, and family photographs is available at Pennsylvania's Historical Society.
His detailed biography from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania is provided below:
Joseph Boggs Beale was born in Philadelphia in 1841 to Dr. Stephen Thomas Beale, a dentist and founder of the Pennsylvania Association of Dental Surgeons (1814-1899) and Louise Boggs McCord (1815-1887). The oldest of eleven children, Beale attended the Locust Street Grammar School, Central High School, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA). He returned to Central High in October 1862, having beaten out a young Thomas Eakins to become the school's professor of drawing and writing.
In June 1863, Beale enlisted in the army and served with the Company D, 2nd Regiment, Blue Reserves of Philadelphia or the 33rd United States Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. This, however, did not force his career into hiatus. Just a few weeks after enlisting, Beale was appointed a regimental artist and supplied drawings from the field to various magazines for publication. During his tenure he sketched various scenes of camps, soldiers, and battlefields, including Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Hagerstown, Maryland. Beale was mustered out of the army in early August 1863.
Beale resumed teaching in September 1863, but retired just a few years later. He went on to work as an illustrator for magazines such as Frank Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, and the Daily Graphic. In 1868, he married Mary Louise Taffart and the couple moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Beale worked as a book illustrator. Unfortunately, Beale lost the majority of his work during the Chicago fire of October 1871, after which Beale and his wife moved back to Philadelphia. He found commercial work with the Frank Harris Lithography Company and as a magic lantern slide illustrator for Caspar W. Briggs, one of Philadelphia's early glass slide dealers. These hand-tinted slides, which were placed inside machines known as "magic lanterns" that projected the images onto screens, were a popular form of Victorian-era entertainment that lasted into the early twentieth century. Beale created hundreds of such slides later in his career and illustrated everything from Bible stories and morality tales to children's stories and popular songs and poems.
Outside of his artwork, Beale was an avid rower and was a member of the Undine Barge Club, founded in 1856. He died at his home in Germantown in 1926, survived by only one of his ten siblings, brother Albert Barnes Beale. Beale and his wife did not have any children. Many of his magic lantern slide drawings were discovered after his death and were presumably dispersed into the hands of museums and private collectors.
Joseph Beale, Mary Cassatt (1844-1926; a famous American painter and printmaker), and Thomas Eakins (1844-1916; widely acknowledged to be one of America's most important artists) attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art simultaneously. In 1868 Mary Louise (Taffart) married Joseph Boggs Beale, and they moved from Philadelphia to Chicago.
Joseph was a preeminent 19th-century drawing instructor and illustrator. He worked for Frank Leslie's Weekly, Harper's magazine, and the Daily Graphic, the first American newspaper with daily illustrations. Joseph also became well known for his lantern slide or magic lantern drawings scenes.
A collection of his papers consisting of diaries he kept between 1856 and 1865, correspondence, genealogical notes, and family photographs is available at Pennsylvania's Historical Society.
His detailed biography from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania is provided below:
Joseph Boggs Beale was born in Philadelphia in 1841 to Dr. Stephen Thomas Beale, a dentist and founder of the Pennsylvania Association of Dental Surgeons (1814-1899) and Louise Boggs McCord (1815-1887). The oldest of eleven children, Beale attended the Locust Street Grammar School, Central High School, and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA). He returned to Central High in October 1862, having beaten out a young Thomas Eakins to become the school's professor of drawing and writing.
In June 1863, Beale enlisted in the army and served with the Company D, 2nd Regiment, Blue Reserves of Philadelphia or the 33rd United States Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia. This, however, did not force his career into hiatus. Just a few weeks after enlisting, Beale was appointed a regimental artist and supplied drawings from the field to various magazines for publication. During his tenure he sketched various scenes of camps, soldiers, and battlefields, including Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Hagerstown, Maryland. Beale was mustered out of the army in early August 1863.
Beale resumed teaching in September 1863, but retired just a few years later. He went on to work as an illustrator for magazines such as Frank Leslie's Weekly, Harper's, and the Daily Graphic. In 1868, he married Mary Louise Taffart and the couple moved to Chicago, Illinois, where Beale worked as a book illustrator. Unfortunately, Beale lost the majority of his work during the Chicago fire of October 1871, after which Beale and his wife moved back to Philadelphia. He found commercial work with the Frank Harris Lithography Company and as a magic lantern slide illustrator for Caspar W. Briggs, one of Philadelphia's early glass slide dealers. These hand-tinted slides, which were placed inside machines known as "magic lanterns" that projected the images onto screens, were a popular form of Victorian-era entertainment that lasted into the early twentieth century. Beale created hundreds of such slides later in his career and illustrated everything from Bible stories and morality tales to children's stories and popular songs and poems.
Outside of his artwork, Beale was an avid rower and was a member of the Undine Barge Club, founded in 1856. He died at his home in Germantown in 1926, survived by only one of his ten siblings, brother Albert Barnes Beale. Beale and his wife did not have any children. Many of his magic lantern slide drawings were discovered after his death and were presumably dispersed into the hands of museums and private collectors.
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