Alonzo Hartwell (February 19, 1805 – January 17, 1873) was an engraver and portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century."70 Wash. h. 4 Gov. Alley;" cf. Boston Directory. 1832Bolton. Early American Portrait Draughtsmen, in Crayons. 1923, 1970
Biography Hartwell was born February 19, 1805, in Littleton, Massachusetts. He trained with Abel Bowen in BostonW. J. Linton. The History of Wood-Engraving in America. Chapter III. American Art Review, Vol. 1, No. 7 (May, 1880)Boston painters and paintings. Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 1888. and in 1826 went into business for himself. Hartwell's work appeared in the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge and other publications. Among Hartwell's students were artists George Loring Brown and Benjamin F. Childs. In 1850, he received the silver medal of the Charlestown, Massachusetts, Mechanics' Association. He continued as an engraver until 1851, when he turned to portrait painting.
One of Hartwell's children, Henry W. Hartwell, became an architect in the Boston firm Hartwell and Richardson.Susan Maycock Vogel Hartwell and Richardson: An Introduction to Their Work, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 32, No. 2 (May, 1973), pp. 132–146 Hartwell died January 17, 1873, in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is buried in Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Hartwell, Alonzo 1805-1873 at WorldCat Hartwell-Clark Family Papers at Massachusetts Historical Society