Joseph Badger
18e-eeuwse Bostonse portretschilder
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." In 1731 trouwde hij met Katharine Felch; rond 1733 verhuisden ze naar Boston. Hij was lid van de Brattle Street Church. Hij overleed in mei 1765 in Boston, toen hij «door een apoplectische aanval werd getroffen terwijl hij in zijn tuin wandelde en enkele minuten later overleed». Werken van Badger bevinden zich in de collecties van het Worcester Art Museum, het Museum of Fine Arts Boston en het Phillips House van Historic New England in Salem, Massachusetts.
Artworks by this artist
- Mrs. Richard Kent (Hannah Gookin) ca. 1746
- Little Girl Holding Flowers ca. 1750[-]60
- Portrait of Sarah Larrabee Edes circa 1760
- Dr. William Foster 1755
- Portrait of Abigail Gowen 1763
- Portrait of Mary Croswell 1763
- James Badger 1760
- Jeremiah Belknap c. 1758
- Portrait of John Gerry 1745