page_title: Carl Simonsen
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Carl Simonsen / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Gammel Strand nr. 50: C. Simonsens Kunst- og Stentrykkeri
context_page_description: Carl Nicolaj Marius Simonsen was a Danish lithographer and publisher. He operated C. Simonsens Kunst- og Stentrykkeri from 1868 to 1898 and published the Danish magazine Punch from 1873 to 1895. His company was based at Gammel Strand 50 in Copenhagen. He was the father of the writer Konrad Simonsen.
context_section_description: Simonsen worked for Em. Bærentzen & Co. from 1856 to 1861. In 1868 he established C. Simonsen & P. Andersens Stentrykkeri together with a printmaker from his old employer after acquiring another printing business. The company changed its name to C. Simonsens Kunst- og Stentrykkeri when Andersen left it in 1870. He sold the company in 1898.
  Simonsen created portraits of many historic as well as notable contemporary figures such as C.C. Hall, L.N. Hvidt, clockmaker Urban Jürgensen, the ccdancer Amalie Price, Frederikke Treschow, Johan Welhaven and Henrik Wergeland.
  Simonsen was also the founder of the Danish version of the magazine Punch (1873-95).
caption: The building seen on an advertisement from C. Simonsens Kunst- og Stentrykkeri
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