Rufus Porter (painter)

Rufus Porter
Rufus Porter water color wall mural
Rufus Porter advertisement for his 1849 New York to California transport
Rufus Porter mural in the Kent House, Lyme, New Hampshire
Title page of Porter's pamphlet of 1849

Rufus Porter (May 1, 1792 – August 13, 1884) was an American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine.[1]

  1. ^ "Rufus Porter.—A Representative of American Genius". Scientific American. Vol. 51, no. 19. November 8, 1884. p. 297. JSTOR 26083692.