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Chester Harding (painter)

Chester Harding (September 1, 1792 – April 1, 1866)^[1] was an American portrait painter known for his paintings of prominent figures in the United States and England.

Chester Harding

(1792-09-01)September 1, 1792

Conway, Massachusetts, U.S.

April 1, 1866(1866-04-01) (aged 73)

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Philadelphia Academy of Design

Caroline Matilda Woodruff

(m. ; died )

Early life[edit]

Harding was born at Conway, Massachusetts, on September 1, 1792. He was the fourth of twelve children born to his mother, Olive (née Smith) Harding, and his father, Abiel Harding.^[2] He was brought up in the wilderness of New York State, he was a lad of robust physique, standing over 6'3". His family removed to Caledonia, New York, when he was fourteen years old, and he was early thrown upon his own resources for support. His initial trade was that of a woodturner.^[3]

Mary Ophelia Harding (1818–1892), who married (1810–1888), the 11th Mayor of St. Louis, in 1839.^[2]

John Marshall Krum

Margaret Eliot Harding (1823–1908), who married Rev. William Orne White (1821–1911) in 1863.

[2]

(1827–1875), a Union Army Brevet Brigadier General.

Chester Harding Jr.

Horace Harding (1828–1899), a civil engineer.

[10]

James Harding (1830–1902), a General in the and Major in the Confederate States Army. He married Christina Amelia Cordell (1834–1899) in 1855.^[11]

Missouri State Guard

Daniel Boone (unfinished), 1820.

Daniel Boone, 1820.

Eben Rollins, c. 1822.

Daniel Webster, c. 1823 – c. 1833.

Loammi Baldwin Jr., 1823.

Elizabeth Murray Robbins (Mrs. Edward Hutchinson Robbins), 1827

Sarah Stanton Blake (Mrs. Joshua Blake), c. 1827.

Stephen Van Rensselaer, 1828.

Charles Carroll, c. 1828.

James Monroe, 1829.

Harrison Gray Otis, 1833.

Nicholas Brown, Jr., 1836.

Thurlow Weed, 1843.

Benjamin Pickman, c. 1843.

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, 1847.

Katherine Bigelow Lawrence (Mrs. Abbott Lawrence), c. 1855.

U. S. Senator James Lanman

Harding's Gallery (Boston)

at Find a Grave

Chester Harding

WorldCat

. Biography of Harding.

Worcester Art Museum

“,” The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XIX, January, 1867, No, CXI, pp. 485–488 at cdl.library.cornell.edu. Visited 20 December 2010.

Chester Harding