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
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.