Artists
| Name | Info | Years
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| Stanley, Abram Ross | ![]()
Although
the details of Abram Ross Stanley's life are not certain, he was probably born
March 16, 1816, in Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York, to Jedediah
and Prudence Stanley, who had moved there six years earlier from New Hampshire.
Based on his middle name, the artist is sometimes identified as a descendant of
Betsy Ross, but there is no... | 1816 - 1875 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
| Ames, Joseph Alexander | ![]()
Joseph
Alexander Ames (1816–1872) was an American artist, primarily known for
portrait and genre painting. Originally named Joseph Emes,
he was born in Roxbury, New Hampshire. Ames began painting at a young age. At
the age of twelve Henry Theodore Tuckerman wrote about one of his paintings.
After moderate success at home in Saugus, Massachusetts,... | 1816 - 1872 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
| Hoppin, Thomas F. | 1816 - 1872 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
| Kensett, John Frederick | ![]()
John
Frederick Kensett (March 22, 1816 in Cheshire, Connecticut - December 14, 1872
in New York City) was an American artist and engraver. He attended school at
Cheshire Academy, and studied engraving with his immigrant father, Thomas
Kensett, and later with his uncle, Alfred Dagget. He
worked as engraver in the New Haven area until about 1838,... | 1816 - 1872 | Anonymous | 12/25/2012 |
| Coates, Edmund C. | ![]()
A versatile
nineteenth-century painter, Edmund C. Coates created landscapes, seascapes,
portraits, and history paintings. Born in England, Coates spent his adult life
in New York City, where he was a frequent exhibitor at the National Academy of
Design. Working in the style of the Hudson River School, Coates produced
beautiful, idealized images of... | 1816 - 1871 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |
| Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb | ![]()
Emanuel
Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816, Schwäbisch Gmünd – July 18,
1868) was a German American history painter best known for his painting
Washington Crossing the Delaware.
Biography
Philadelphia
Leutze was
born in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Württemberg (Germany), and was brought
to America as a child. His parents settled first in Philadelphia,... | 1816 - 1868 | Anonymous | 05/14/2012 |
| Dodge, Edward S. | 1816 - 1857 | Anonymous | 05/18/2012 | |
| Lennep, Henry John Van | ![]()
Henry John
Van Lennep (AC 1837), a noted 19th-century Christian
minister, missionary, writer and educator, was born in Smyrna (present-day
Izmir, Turkey) in 1815. In 1830 he was sent to the United States for his
education. He prepared for college at Mount Pleasant Institute, Amherst, Mass.,
and Hartford (Conn.) Grammar School. After graduating from... | 1815 - 1889 | Anonymous | 05/17/2012 |
| Scott, John White Allen | ![]()
John White
Allen Scott (1815-1907) or John W.A. Scott was an artist in Boston,
Massachusetts, in the 19th century.[1][2] He worked for Pendleton's Lithography
early in his career. In the 1840s he started a lithography business in
partnership with Fitz Hugh Lane ("Lane & Scott's
Lithography").[3][4] Around 1852 he kept a studio in Boston's... | 1815 - 1907 | Anonymous | 04/10/2012 |
| Bard, James | ![]()
James Bard
was a marine artist of the 19th century. He is known for his paintings of
watercraft, particularly of steamboats. His works are sometimes characterized
as naïve art. Although Bard died poor and almost forgotten, his works have
since become valuable. Bard had a twin brother, John (1815–1856) and they
collaborated on earlier... | 1815 - 1897 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |





