Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Chester Harding

Nationality: American
Date of birth: 1 September 1792
Place of birth: Conway, MA
Date of death: 1 April 1866
Place of death: Boston
Category: painter

Identity:

After a difficult, straightened childhood, he married Caroline Woodruff and moved to Pittsburgh with his family, and then Northampton. A succesful trip to Europe followed, and a brief attempt to settle with his family in Glasgow, which was aborted due to a general financial panic, so the rest of his career centred on Boston, where he had a steady clientele for portraits.

Life:

He painted a portrait of Whistler's father, now in The Hunterian, University of Glasgow (GLAHA 54134).

Bibliography:

'Harding, Chester', Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press. 'Chester Harding, Wikipedia. 'Harding, Chester', National Gallery of Art, website.