Artist
Margaret Maclay Bogardus
born 1804-died 1878
- Also known as
- Mrs. James Bogardus
- Margaret Bogardus
- Margaret Maclay
- Active in
- England
- New York, New York, United States
- Nationalities
- American
- Biography
Margaret Maclay Bogardus was the daughter of a noted Baptist minister, Archibald Maclay, D.D. She married the engraver and inventor James Bogardus, who constructed the first iron-front building in America. Her career began in England in the 1830s, and blossomed upon her return to America a few years later.