Benjamin Franklin Nutting ( – 1887) was an artist in
Boston,
Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He taught drawing in local schools, published
do-it-yourself
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drawing instruction materials, and showed his artwork in several exhibitions.
Biography
Nutting graduated from the
Boston Latin School
The Boston Latin School is a public exam school in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established on April 23, 1635, making it both the oldest public school in the British America and the oldest existing school in the United States. Its curriculum f ...
in 1816. He began working as an artist in Boston around 1826, painting portraits, and also drawing "on stone for lithographers" such as
Pendleton's Lithography
Pendleton's Lithography (1825–1836) was a lithographic print studio in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, established by brothers William S. Pendleton (1795-1879) and John B. Pendleton (1798-1866). Though relatively short-lived, in its time ...
(ca.1828-1833);
Annin & Smith
Annin & Smith (c. 1818-1837) was an engraving firm in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century, established by William B. Annin and George Girdler Smith. The firm kept offices on Court Street and Cornhill.Boston Directory. 1832
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; and
B.W. Thayer & Co.
He taught drawing at the
Chauncy-Hall School; and the
Roxbury Latin School (c. 1876). As a teacher and artist, he was associated with the
Boston Artists' Association The Boston Artists' Association (1841–1851) was established in Boston, Massachusetts by Washington Allston, Henry Sargent, and other painters, sculptors, and architects, in order to organize exhibitions, a school, a workspace for members, and to p ...
. He also worked as "an artist, drawing teacher and lithographer" for Francis Oakley in Boston, probably in the 1850s-1860s. In 1880, he taught drawing/painting on West Street.
Nutting showed frequently in art exhibitions. His work appeared at Boston's American Gallery of Fine Arts (1835); and the Boston Art Association (1844)
Several of his paintings were displayed in 1851–1852 in the gallery of the
New England Art Union The New England Art Union (c. 1848 – 1852) was established in Boston, Massachusetts, for "the encouragement of artists, the promotion of art" in New England and the wider United States. Edward Everett, Franklin Dexter, and Henry Wadsworth Lon ...
. He exhibited 2 oil paintings in the 1847 exhibit of the
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association; and his watercolor "A New England Farm" was included in the association's 1884 exhibit. His watercolor "Apple Branch and Jug" was included in the 1880 exhibition of American Art at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts (often abbreviated as MFA Boston or MFA) is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the 20th-largest art museum in the world, measured by public gallery area. It contains 8,161 paintings and more than 450,000 works ...
.; and his watercolor "A New England Kitchen" was exhibited in the Lydian Gallery, Chicago, in 1880. He also showed works at the
Boston Art Club (1873, 1875–1876).
Further reading
;Works by Nutting
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* ("This little book contains a series of sketches admirably arranged to aid the young pupil in acquiring the rudiments of the art of drawing, even without a teacher.")
[Massachusetts teacher, Volume 23, no.6, June 1870; p.226.]
;Works about Nutting
*John Keep Nutting. ''Nutting genealogy: A record of some of the descendants of John Nutting, of Groton, Mass.'' Syracuse, NY: C. W. Bardeen, 1908.
*Jourdan Moore Houston. "M. J. Whipple's New England Scenery From Nature Series: A Yearbook of Tappan & Bradford Artists, 1849-1852." ''Imprint.'' Vol. 27, no. 2 (Autumn 2002), 27–44.
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Images
Image:LaLecture ca1830 byNutting Boston.png, La Lecture. Drawn by Nutting; published by Annin & Smith
Annin & Smith (c. 1818-1837) was an engraving firm in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century, established by William B. Annin and George Girdler Smith. The firm kept offices on Court Street and Cornhill.Boston Directory. 1832
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-Senefelder Lithography, c. 1830
Image:1849 Observatory CambridgeMA.png, Cambridge U.S. Equatoreal. Drawn by Nutting; lithograph by A. Sonrel
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, 1849
Image:Numbers 23 and 24 Franklin Place, Boston (Nutting painting).jpg, Franklin Place, Boston, c. 1850
Image:1852 Mastodon Warren Nutting Bufford Smithsonian SIL7-235-11.jpg, Plate from: J.C. Warren. The Mastodon giganteus of North America, 1852
Image:1856 Self Instructing Pioneer DrawingCards byNutting.jpg, Self Instructing Pioneer Drawing Cards, 1856
Image:1866 BirdsEye Boston byNutting BPL2675751434.jpg, Bird's eye view of Boston, 1866. Drawn by Nutting; published by B.B. Russell & Co.
Image:Robert Benjamin Lewis circa 1830 by Benjamin F. Nutting.jpg, Robert Benjamin Lewis, c. 1830, published by Pendleton's Lithography
Pendleton's Lithography (1825–1836) was a lithographic print studio in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, established by brothers William S. Pendleton (1795-1879) and John B. Pendleton (1798-1866). Though relatively short-lived, in its time ...
External links
* WorldCat
Nutting, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) 1803?-1887
Image of Nutting's Pioneer Drawing Cards (Boston: Higgins and Bradley, 1856)
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Artists from Boston
American art educators
1803 births
1887 deaths
Boston Latin School alumni