The lithographic firm founded by Daniel Wright Kellogg about 1830 dominated printmaking in Hartford for the remainder of the 19th century and well into the 20th. The cheap and colorful prints issued by Kellogg, his brothers and their partners offer a cross-section of Victorian taste. Subjects include views of towns and cities, factories, businesses and other prominent buildings, portraits, historical subjects—including lively contemporary depictions of Civil War battles—and a vast array of sentimental portrayals of women, children and animals. Most of these prints were either black and white or hand-colored until after 1871, when the firm as reorganized as Kellogg and Bulkeley and color printing was introduced. The Graphics Collection of The Connecticut Historical Society includes almost 1000 lithographs representing all phases and aspects of the Kelloggs’ work. In addition, the collection includes examples of the work of other Connecticut lithographers such as Bingham and Dodd, Case & Skinner and H.F. Sumner & Co.

Daniel Wright (1807-1874), founder.

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Edmund Burke Kellogg (1809-1872) and Elijah Chapman Kellogg (1811-1881), principal partners from the 1840s through the 1860s.

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John Chenavard Comstock (1818-1862) was associated with the Kellogg brothers from 1848-1850.

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The Kellogg firm underwent a major reorganization in 1871, when General William Henry Bulkeley (1840-1902) joined the partnership.

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