Francis H. Schell

1834-1909

American (Germantown, Pennsylvania; New York, New York)

Francis H. Schell was an artist, illustrator, and lithographer in Philadelphia before coming to New York where Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper hired him as a “special artist” in 1861. In all, Leslie’s published 211 of his wartime drawings, and he became its art director after the war until he formed a lithography partnership with Thomas Hogan that continued for 30 years. He also did illustrations for Century magazine, and his drawings were included in Beyond the Mississippi (Hartford, 1869) and Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (1884-1887).