Clement Drew (1806-1889) was an artist and "dealer in picture-frames" in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.[1] He specialized in marine paintings. He kept a studio on Court Street (ca.1840s-1860s),[2][3] Tremont Street (in the Boston Museum building, ca.1873), Copeland Street (ca.1888),[4] and Tremont Temple (1889).[5] He married Elizabeth Teal in 1829; they had two children.[6]
Subjects painted by Drew
· "Abaellino privateer, 1812"[7]
· Bark Vernon on Lynn Beach, Morning, Feby. 3rd, 1859[8]
· Brig Vintage (built 1837)[9]
· Missionary packet Morning Star[10]
· Minot's Light
· "The ship Abolition and the wreck Colonization, 1839"[11]
· Sailing ship Uriel[12]
· Yacht passing Thatcher Island Lights, Cape Ann[13]
· Ship Mary L. Sutton[13]
· Ship Hound[13]
· Wreck of the Schooner Hesperus on Norman's Woe, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1883[14]
References
1. ^ Francis Samuel Drake. Memorials of the Society of the Cincinnati of Massachusetts. Boston: 1873
2. ^ Boston Directory. 1848, 1864
3. ^ Boston Almanac. 1847, 1858
4. ^ Boston Almanac. 1888
5. ^ Boston Almanac. 1889
6. ^ Drake. 1873
7. ^ Maritime exhibition: a big show in Boston's Mechanics' building. New York Times, November 10, 1889.
8. ^ Bark Vernon on Lynn Beach: Morning, Feby. 3rd. 1859. Lifeboat going to rescue the crew. Painted by Clement Drew. (Boston : J.H. Bufford’s Lith., 1859)
9. ^ Norman E. Muller. Checklist of Boston Retailers in Artist's Materials: 1823-1887. Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 17, No. 1 (Autumn, 1977)
10. ^ Missionary packet Morning Star passing Boston Light; painted by C.Drew; J.P.Newell del. (Boston: Published by C.Drew; J.H.Bufford’s Lith.)
11. ^ February Meeting. Gifts to the Society. Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Third Series, Vol. 49 (Feb. 1916)
12. ^ Art News, Vol. 22, No. 27 (Apr. 12, 1924)
13. ^ a b c Mystic Seaport. Retrieved 2010-08-18
14. ^ http://www.blackwoodauction.com/2010/01_26_10/01_26_2010_results.html
External links
§ WorldCat. Drew, Clement 1806-1889
§ Mystic Seaport, Connecticut. Works by C. Drew.
