John Henry Bufford

John Henry Bufford (1810–1870) was a lithographer in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts.

Biography Bufford trained "in the Pendleton shop in Boston from 1829 to 1831."

In 1835 he moved to New York, where he "worked independently for five years while accepting commissions from George Endicott and Nathaniel Currier."

By 1844, the shop's name changed to J.H. Bufford & Co. (1844–1851)." Artists who worked for Bufford included Francis D'Avignon, Winslow Homer, and Leopold Grozelier. J.H. Bufford (1851–c. 1852), 260 Washington St. Bufford's Lithographic & Publishing House, also known as Bufford's Print Publishing House, 313 Washington St. (c. 1857–1864) John H. Bufford (c. 1869), 490 Washington St.

After Bufford's death in 1870, his sons Frank G. Bufford and John Henry Bufford, Jr. continued the business. By 1879, "J.H. Bufford's Sons, Manufacturing Publishers of Novelties in Fine Arts" worked from offices at 141-147 Franklin Street, Boston; and in 1881–1882 expanded the enterprise as far as New York and Chicago.