# Thomas Badger

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**Thomas Badger** (1792–1868) was an artist in [Boston](/source/Boston), [Massachusetts](/source/Massachusetts), in the 19th century. He specialized in portraits.[1][2] He trained with [John Ritto Penniman](/source/John_Ritto_Penniman).[3] Portrait subjects included: John Abbot;[4] William Allen, of [Bowdoin College](/source/Bowdoin_College);[5] [Asa Clapp](/source/Asa_Clapp_(merchant));[6] Julia Margaretta Dearborn;[7] George B. Doane;[8] [Henry Wadsworth Longfellow](/source/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow); Benjamin Page;[9] [Thomas Paul](/source/Thomas_Paul_(minister)), of Boston's [African Meeting House](/source/African_Meeting_House);[10] Jotham Sewall;[11] [Benjamin Vaughan](/source/Benjamin_Vaughan);[12] Charles Vaughan;[5] Frances Western Apthorp Vaughan;[5] George Wadsworth Wells;[13] Jonathan Winship.[14] Around 1849 a still life by Badger in the collection of the [Boston Museum](/source/Boston_Museum_(theatre)) was considered "a highly finished and excellent picture, something in the style of [Van Huysom](/source/Jan_van_Huysum). There is a truth and reality in the articles represented, seldom seen in this class of pictures."[15]

He married Rebecca Melendy (1795–1852);[16] children included George Washington (died at age 16 in 1853).[17] He was also related to the portrait artist [Joseph Badger](/source/Joseph_Badger).[18] He died of "lung fever" in Cambridge in 1868.[19] Works by Badger are in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum; [Maine Historical Society](/source/Maine_Historical_Society); [Colby College](/source/Colby_College); the [Brick Store Museum](/source/Brick_Store_Museum) and Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[20]

## References

1. Boston Directory. 1823.

1. Boston Almanac. 1841, 1847.

1. [Chrystler Museum of Art](http://collectiononline.chrysler.org/OBJECT_edit.asp?id=23763). Retrieved 6 February 2010

1. Engraving of John Abbot, M.A., Professor of Ancient Languages &c in Bowdoin College. In: History of Bowdoin College. Boston : Published by James Ripley Osgood and Co., 1882. Drawn by T.Badger; engraved by J.C.Buttre.

1. Maine Historical Society

1. Engraving of Asa Clapp in Merchants Magazine, 1848. Drawn by Badger.

1. [Portland Museum of Art](http://www.pma-accessonline.org/teachers/dearborn.shtml), Maine. Retrieved 5 February 2010.

1. Engraving of George B. Doane, M.D., by [John Cheney](/source/John_Cheney_(engraver)) after Thomas Badger. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

1. Lithograph of Benjn. Page, M.D. Boston: W. Sharp and Co’s Lith., c. 1846. "Badger pinxt." Boston Athenaeum.

1. [Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery](http://www.npg.si.edu/cexh/brush/index/portraits/paul.htm). Retrieved 6 February 2010

1. Lithograph of Sewall. Boston: B.W. Thayer & Co. "Thos. Badger pinxt." "R. Cooke, del."

1. Vaughan Homestead Foundation

1. Lithograph of George W. Wells. Boston: Bouvé and Sharp Lithrs., c. 1844. "Painted by Badger; drawn on stone by W. Sharp." Boston Athenaeum.

1. Brighton-Allston Historical Society

1. Catalogue of the paintings, portraits, marble and plaster statuary, engravings and water color drawings: in the collection of the Boston Museum, together with a descriptive sketch of the institution, and general summary of the natural history specimens, curiosities, etc. Boston: Marden, 1849; p.4.

1. Farmers Cabinet (Amherst, NH), 15 November 1852.

1. Farmers' Cabinet, 11-24-1853.

1. ["Harris Antiques, New Orleans"](http://www.harrisantiques.com)

1. Farmers Cabinet (Amherst, NH), 6 February 1868.

1. [Doyle New York](http://www.doylenewyork.com/pr/american_art/08PT02/default.htm). Retrieved 6 February 2010

## Further reading

- Thomas Badger: Portrait of an American Painter. Kennebunk, Maine: Brick Store Museum, 1993.

## External links

- WorldCat. [Badger, Thomas 1792-1868](http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-nr00-29935)
- [Chrysler Museum of Art](http://collectiononline.chrysler.org/OBJECT_edit.asp?id=23763). Badger's *Still Life with Fruit and Wine*, c. 1817.

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