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Napoleon Sarony
American lithographer and photographer (1821–1896)
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For other uses, see Sarony (disambiguation).
Napoléon Sarony (March 9, 1821 – November 9, 1896)[1][2] was an American lithographer and photographer. He was a highly popular portrait photographer, best known for his portraits of the stars of late-19th-century American theater.
His son, Otto Sarony, continued the family business as a theater and film star photographer.
Life
Sarony was born in 1821 in Quebec, then in the British colony of Lower Canada, and moved to New York City around 1833.
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He worked as an illustrator for Currier and Ives before joining with James Major and starting his own lithography business, Sarony & Major, in 1843. In 1845, James Major was replaced in Sarony & Major by Henry B. Major, and the firm continued operating under that name until 1853.
From 1853 to 1857, the firm was known as Sarony and Company, and from 1857 to 1867, as Sar