Thomas Badger

Thomas Badger (1792–1868) was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He specialized in portraits.[1][2] He trained with John Ritto Penniman.[3] Portrait subjects included: John Abbot;[4] William Allen, of Bowdoin College;[5] Asa Clapp;[6] Julia Margaretta Dearborn;[7] George B. Doane;[8] Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Benjamin Page;[9] Thomas Paul, of Boston's African Meeting House;[10] Jotham Sewall;[11] Benjamin Vaughan;[12] Charles Vaughan;[5] Frances Western Apthorp Vaughan;[5] George Wadsworth Wells;[13] Jonathan Winship.[14] Around 1849 a still life by Badger in the collection of the Boston Museum was considered "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."[15]

He married Rebecca Melendy (1795–1852);[16] children included George Washington (died at age 16 in 1853).[17] He was also related to the portrait artist Joseph Badger.[18] He died of "lung fever" in Cambridge in 1868.[19] 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.[20]

  1. ^ Boston Directory. 1823.
  2. ^ Boston Almanac. 1841, 1847.
  3. ^ Chrystler Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 February 2010
  4. ^ Engraving of John Abbot, M.A., Professor of Ancient Languages &c in Bowdoin College. In: History of Bowdoin College. Boston : Published by James Ripley Osgood and Co., 1882. Drawn by T.Badger; engraved by J.C.Buttre.
  5. ^ a b c Maine Historical Society
  6. ^ Engraving of Asa Clapp in Merchants Magazine, 1848. Drawn by Badger.
  7. ^ Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Retrieved 5 February 2010.
  8. ^ Engraving of George B. Doane, M.D., by John Cheney after Thomas Badger. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  9. ^ Lithograph of Benjn. Page, M.D. Boston: W. Sharp and Co’s Lith., c. 1846. "Badger pinxt." Boston Athenaeum.
  10. ^ Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 6 February 2010
  11. ^ Lithograph of Sewall. Boston: B.W. Thayer & Co. "Thos. Badger pinxt." "R. Cooke, del."
  12. ^ Vaughan Homestead Foundation
  13. ^ Lithograph of George W. Wells. Boston: Bouvé and Sharp Lithrs., c. 1844. "Painted by Badger; drawn on stone by W. Sharp." Boston Athenaeum.
  14. ^ Brighton-Allston Historical Society
  15. ^ Catalogue of the paintings, portraits, marble and plaster statuary, engravings and water color drawings: in the collection of the Boston Museum, together with a descriptive sketch of the institution, and general summary of the natural history specimens, curiosities, etc. Boston: Marden, 1849; p.4.
  16. ^ Farmers Cabinet (Amherst, NH), 15 November 1852.
  17. ^ Farmers' Cabinet, 11-24-1853.
  18. ^ "Harris Antiques, New Orleans".
  19. ^ Farmers Cabinet (Amherst, NH), 6 February 1868.
  20. ^ Doyle New York. Retrieved 6 February 2010