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HARDING, CHESTER (1792-1866)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 943 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HAN-HEG
HARDING, CHESTER (1792-1866) , American portrait painter, was born at Conway, Massachusetts, on the 1st of September 1792. Brought up in the wilderness of New
York
  state, Harding,
as a lad of splendid physique,
standing
  over 6 ft. 3 in., marched as a drummer with the militia to the St Lawrence in 1813. He became subsequently chairmaker, peddler, inn-keeper, and
house
 -painter, painting signs in Pittsburg, Pa., and eventually going on the road, self-taught, as an itinerant portrait painter. He made enough money to take him to the schools at the Philadelphia
Academy
  of
Design
 , and he soon became proficient enough to gain a competency, so that later he went to England and set up a studio in London. There he met with
great
  success, painting royalty and the
nobility
 , and, despite the lackings of an early education and social experience, he became a favourite in all circles. Returning to the United States, he settled in Boston and painted portraits of many of the prominent men and women of his time. He died on the 1st of April 1866.


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