__NOTOC__ Thomas Badger (1792–1868) was an artist in

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, in the 19th century. He specialized in portraits. He trained with

John Ritto Penniman __NOTOC__ John Ritto Penniman (1782–1841) was a painter in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He created portraits, landscapes, and allegorical paintings, as well as designs for engravings, such as the official seal of the city of Boston in ...

. Portrait subjects included: John Abbot; William Allen, of Bowdoin College;Maine Historical Society Asa Clapp; Julia Margaretta Dearborn; George B. Doane;

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet and educator. His original works include " Paul Revere's Ride", '' The Song of Hiawatha'', and ''Evangeline''. He was the first American to completely tran ...

; Benjamin Page; Thomas Paul, of Boston's

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; Jotham Sewall;

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; Charles Vaughan; Frances Western Apthorp Vaughan; George Wadsworth Wells; Jonathan Winship. 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." He married Rebecca Melendy (1795–1852); children included George Washington (died at age 16 in 1853). He was also related to the portrait artist

Joseph Badger Joseph Badger (c. 1707–1765) was a portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century. He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to tailor Stephen Badger and Mercy Kettell. He "began his career as a house-painter and glazier, and ... ...

. He died of "lung fever" in Cambridge in 1868. Works by Badger are in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum;

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;

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; the

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and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.Doyle New York
Retrieved 6 February 2010

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Image:HWLongfellow ca1829 byThomasBadger MaineHistSoc.png, ''Portrait of H.W. Longfellow'' by T. Badger, c. 1829 Image:StillLife byThomasBadger.png, Still life, by T. Badger, 19th century Image:ThomasPaul ca1825 byThomasBadger Smithsonian.jpg, ''Portrait of Thomas Paul'' by T. Badger, c. 1825

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* WorldCat
Badger, Thomas 1792-1868

Chrysler Museum of Art
Badger's ''Still Life with Fruit and Wine'', c. 1817. {{DEFAULTSORT:Badger, Thomas 1792 births 1868 deaths American portrait painters Artists from Boston 19th-century American painters American male painters 19th-century American male artists

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