Joseph Badger

1708-1765 American

Artworks: 9

Bostoner Porträtmaler des 18. Jh.

Joseph Badger was a portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 18th century. He was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, to tailor Stephen Badger and Mercy Kettell. He "began his career as a house-painter and glazier, and ... throughout his life continued this work, besides painting signs, hatchments and other heraldic devices, in order to eke out a livelihood when orders for portraits slackened." 1731 heiratete er Katharine Felch; um 1733 zogen sie nach Boston. Er war Mitglied der Brattle Street Church. Er starb im Mai 1765 in Boston, als er „von einem apoplektischen Anfall getroffen wurde, während er in seinem Garten spazieren ging, und wenige Minuten später verstarb". Werke von Badger befinden sich in den Sammlungen des Worcester Art Museum, des Museum of Fine Arts Boston und des Phillips House von Historic New England in Salem, Massachusetts.

Artworks by this artist (9 total)