Daniel Wright Kellogg (1807-1874) was not only the founder of the Kellogg firm; he was also the finest artist in the family. His early views reflect his studies in Boston and his awareness of other American and European topographical prints. Many of these prints were issued uncolored, so the texture of the lithographic stone is clearly visible and the linear quality of Kellogg’s draughtsmanship may be appreciated. Such prints closely resemble crayon drawings. Though D.W. Kellogg is said to have gone west in 1836, the firm continued as D.W. Kellogg & Co. until 1842, when it became E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. Daniel returned to Hartford at different times in the 1840s, 50s and 60s, working as a lithographer whenever he was in the city. He died in Jefferson, Wisconsin in 1874.

D.W. Kellogg & Co. after E.W. Clay. Kellogg’s lithograph reproduces a drawing by the well-known Philadelphia artist, Edward Williams Clay (1799-1857).
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D.W. Kellogg & Co. after H. Thomson. Connecticut was a major crossroads on the Underground Railway. Sympathetic representations of oppressed slaves such as this one helped to promote Abolitionist sentiments.
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