William Sharp (lithographer)

For other people named William Sharp, see William Sharp (disambiguation).

William Sharp (1803–1875) was a British-born painter who is credited with introducing chromolithography to America in 1840.^[1]

Sharp had worked for the lithographer Charles Hullmandel in London. On his arrival in Boston in 1840, Sharp became partners with Francis Michelin, another former employee of Hullmandel.^[2]