Keffer Collection of Sheet Music, ca. 1790-1895 Content and design by John Bewley

William B. Lucas established the first commercial lithography firm in Philadelphia in 1828. Lucas was a gilder by trade and operated a looking-glass store at 90 South Third Street. Lucas' first lithographic print was a portrait of the English comedian, Joseph Cowell. After only a few months of operating on his own, Lucas took David Kennedy, another gilder, as a partner in the firm of Kennedy & Lucas. The firm continued to operate until 1833 when William B. Lucas died.

Illustrations by Kennedy & Lucas's Lithography in the Collection

Item No.	Title	Imprint	Plate No.	Illustration	Thumbnail Image
Box 40 no. 3	The Chaplet : a waltz / by Flora Library copy includes only the illustrated title page	Philadelphia : R. H. Hobson, between 1829 and 1834	None	Color: a plant with branches that spread out onto staves of music: the flowers form the noteheads and bees are used as sharps / Kennedy & Lucas' Lithography