__NOTOC__ Thomas Badger (1792–1868) was an American artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He specialized in portraits.Boston Directory. 1823.Boston Almanac. 1841, 1847. He trained with John Ritto Penniman.Chrystler Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 February 2010 Portrait subjects included: John Abbot;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. William Allen, of Bowdoin College;Maine Historical Society Asa Clapp;Engraving of Asa Clapp in Merchants Magazine, 1848. Drawn by Badger. Julia Margaretta Dearborn;Portland Museum of Art, Maine. Retrieved 5 February 2010. George B. Doane;Engraving of George B. Doane, M.D., by John Cheney after Thomas Badger. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; Benjamin Page;Lithograph of Benjn. Page, M.D. Boston: W. Sharp and Co’s Lith., c. 1846. "Badger pinxt." Boston Athenaeum. Thomas Paul, of Boston's African Meeting House;Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 6 February 2010 Jotham Sewall;Lithograph of Sewall. Boston: B.W. Thayer & Co. "Thos. Badger pinxt." "R. Cooke, del." Benjamin Vaughan;Vaughan Homestead Foundation Charles Vaughan; Frances Western Apthorp Vaughan; George Wadsworth Wells;Lithograph of George W. Wells. Boston: Bouvé and Sharp Lithrs., c. 1844. "Painted by Badger; drawn on stone by W. Sharp." Boston Athenaeum. Jonathan Winship.Brighton-Allston Historical Society 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."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.
He married Rebecca Melendy (1795–1852);Farmers Cabinet (Amherst, NH), 15 November 1852. children included George Washington (died at age 16 in 1853).Farmers' Cabinet, 11-24-1853. He was also related to the portrait artist Joseph Badger. He died of "lung fever" in Cambridge in 1868.Farmers Cabinet (Amherst, NH), 6 February 1868. 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.Doyle New York. Retrieved 6 February 2010
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References
Further reading Thomas Badger: Portrait of an American Painter. Kennebunk, Maine: Brick Store Museum, 1993.
External links
WorldCat. Badger, Thomas 1792-1868 Chrysler Museum of Art. Badger's Still Life with Fruit and Wine, c. 1817.