Thomas Badger
Thomas Badger (1792–1868) was an American artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He specialized in portraits. He trained with John Ritto Penniman.
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Thomas Badger
- Born
- 1792
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
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Thomas Badger (1792–1868) was an American artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He specialized in portraits. He trained with John Ritto Penniman.
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Portrait subjects included: John Abbot; William Allen, of Bowdoin College; Asa Clapp; Julia Margaretta Dearborn; George B. Doane; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Benjamin Page; Thomas Paul, of Boston's African Meeting House; Jotham Sewall; Benjamin Vaughan; Charles Vaughan; Frances Western Apthorp Vaughan; George Wadsworth Wells; Jonathan Winship. There is a truth and reality in the articles represented, seldom seen in this class of pictures." He married Rebecca Melendy (1795–1852); children included George Washington (died at age 16 in 1853). He was also related to the portrait artist Joseph Badger. Works by Badger are in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum; Maine Historical Society; Colby College; the Brick Store Museum and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are Boston. Work by Thomas Badger is recorded in the collections of National Portrait Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Illustration — Portrait of H.W. Longfellow by T. Badger, c. 1829 • Illustration — Still life, by T. Badger, 19th century • Illustration — Portrait of Thomas Paul by T. Badger, c. 1825
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