Alonzo Hartwell

Alonzo Hartwell (February 19, 1805 – January 17, 1873) was an engraver and portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Alonzo Hartwell

February 19, 1805

Littleton, Massachusetts

January 17, 1873 (1873-01-18) (aged 67)

Waltham, Massachusetts

Mount Feake Cemetery

Engraver
portrait artist

Henry Walker Hartwell

Biography[edit]

Hartwell was born February 19, 1805, in Littleton, Massachusetts. He trained with Abel Bowen in Boston^[4]^[5] and in 1826 went into business for himself.^[3] 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.^[4] In 1850, he received the silver medal of the Charlestown, Massachusetts, Mechanics' Association.^[3] He continued as an engraver until 1851, when he turned to portrait painting.^[3]

One of Hartwell's children, Henry Walker Hartwell, became an architect in the Boston firm Hartwell and Richardson.^[6] Hartwell died January 17, 1873, in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is buried in Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham, Massachusetts.