Augustus J. Caillaux

Augustus J. Caillaux was an American lithographer active in Boston during the mid-nineteenth century, working at a time when the city was a major center of printmaking and visual documentation. Though little is known of his personal life or training, Caillaux’s name appears on a number of architectural and institutional views published through J. H. Bufford’s lithographic studio, one of the leading firms of the era. His lithographs include detailed renderings of Massachusetts civic projects such as the State Alms Houses at Bridgewater and Monson, works that combined architectural precision with the atmospheric charm typical of Boston lithography in the 1850s.

Caillaux’s career extended into the Civil War period, when he also created sheet-music covers and patriotic prints such as Grand Union March on the Potomac. His association with Bufford’s studio placed him among the craftsmen who helped define American lithography in its early golden age, translating architectural drawings and popular imagery into prints for a broad public. Although few biographical details survive, the surviving lithographs signed by Caillaux attest to his technical ability and to his contribution to documenting the civic and cultural growth of New England during a transformative period in American visual history.