Thomas Badger
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Thomas Badger was an artist in Boston
, Massachusetts
in the 19th-century. He specialized in portraits.
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Portrait subjects included:
A still life by Badger was in the collection of the Boston Museum
, ca.1849: "A highly finished and excellent picture, something in the style of Van Huysom
. There is a truth and reality in the articles represented, seldom seen in this class of pictures."
T. Badger married Rebecca Melendy (1795–1852). Children included George Washington (died at age 16 in 1853). Badger was also related to the portrait artist Joseph Badger
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Badger died of "lung fever" in Cambridge in 1868.
Works by Badger are in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum; Maine Historical Society; Colby College; and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Boston
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, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
in the 19th-century. He specialized in portraits.
Biography
Thomas Badger trained with John Ritto PennimanJohn Ritto Penniman
John Ritto Penniman was a painter in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He created portraits, landscapes, and allegorical paintings, as well as designs for engravings, such as the official seal of the city of Boston in 1822. He also worked as an assistant to Gilbert Stuart. Penniman died in 1841 in...
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Portrait subjects included:
- John Abbot
- William Allen, of Bowdoin CollegeBowdoin CollegeBowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is...
- Asa ClappAsa ClappAsa Clapp was a United States Representative from Maine. He was born in Portland on March 6, 1805. He graduated from the Norwich Military Academy in 1823. He engaged as a merchant in foreign and domestic commerce in Portland. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress . He was not...
- Julia Margaretta Dearborn
- George B. Doane
- Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...
- Benjamin Page
- Thomas PaulThomas PaulThomas Paul was a Baptist minister in Boston, Massachusetts, affiliated with the African Meeting House and the Education Society for the People of Colour. Paul lived in Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood. His children included activist Susan Paul....
, of Boston's African Meeting HouseAfrican Meeting HouseThe African Meeting House, also known variously as First African Baptist Church, First Independent Baptist Church and the Belknap Street Church, was built in 1806 and is now the oldest black church edifice still standing in the United States. It is located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston,... - Jotham Sewall
- Benjamin VaughanBenjamin VaughanBenjamin Vaughan MD LLD was a British commissioner whose role was to smooth negotiations between Britain and the United States during the drafting of the Treaty of Paris....
- Charles Vaughan
- Frances Western Apthorp Vaughan
- George Wadsworth Wells
- Jonathan Winship
A still life by Badger was in the collection of the Boston Museum
Boston Museum (theatre)
The Boston Museum , also called the Boston Museum and Gallery of Fine Arts, was a theatre, wax museum, natural history museum, zoo, and art museum in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts...
, ca.1849: "A highly finished and excellent picture, something in the style of Van Huysom
Jan van Huysum
Jan van Huysum, also spelled Huijsum, was a Dutch painter.-Biography:He was the brother of Jacob van Huysum, the son of the flower painter Justus van Huysum, and the grandson of Jan van Huysum I, who is said to have been expeditious in decorating doorways, screens and vases...
. There is a truth and reality in the articles represented, seldom seen in this class of pictures."
T. Badger married Rebecca Melendy (1795–1852). Children included George Washington (died at age 16 in 1853). Badger was also related to the portrait artist Joseph Badger
Joseph Badger
Joseph Badger was a portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts in the 18th-century. He painted some 80 portraits of merchants, businessmen, clergy, and other notables, and their wives and children.-Biography:...
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Badger died of "lung fever" in Cambridge in 1868.
Works by Badger are in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum; Maine Historical Society; Colby College; and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Further reading
- Thomas Badger: Portrait of an American Painter. Kennebunk, Maine: Brick Store Museum, 1993.
External links
- WorldCat
- Chrysler Museum of Art. Badger's Still Life with Fruit and Wine, ca. 1817.