Thomas Badger (1784-1826)
Early American portrait miniature artist ;
Thos. Badger ; T. Badger ; Tom Badger ;
[Born 1784 in Reading, MA – died November 9, 1826 in Boston, MA]
FAD record control number: 46486 ;
Record level: Person ;
Record type: Artist ;
Thomas Badger (1784-1826) biography:
Birth: 1784 in Reading, MA ;
Death: November 9, 1826 in Boston, MA ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: [unknown] ;
Known for: Portrait miniatures ;
Medium: Oil ;
Technique: Painting ;
Subjects: People ;
Areas: Reading, MA ; Boston, MA ; Amherst, NH (1818) ;
Region: North East ;
Lived: Reading, MA ; Boston, MA ;
Father: Benjamin Badger (1752-1832) ;
Mother: Naomi (Emmerson) [also spelled Emerson] Badger (1755-1831) ;
Relatives: Benjamin Badger (1779-1855), brother ; Elizabeth Badger (1789-1848), sister ; John Badger (1794-1844), brother ;
Spouse: Rebecca (Melendy) Badger (1795-1852), wife, married December 16, 1818 in Amherst, NH ;
Children: Thomas H Badger (1820-1897), son ; William Melendy Badger (1821-1912), son ; George Washington Badger (?-1853), son ;
Training: Private study under John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841), Boston, MA ;
Instructors: John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841) ;
Work: Portraits 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 (?-?) ;
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Exhibited with: National Academy of Design, New York, NY (1845) ;
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Digital-born document number:
FAD.2019.46486
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February 26, 2019
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