Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

FRANCIS ALEXANDER (1800—1881)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 564 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

FRANCIS See also:ALEXANDER (1800—1881)  , See also:American portrait-painter, was See also:born in See also:Windham See also:county, See also:Connecticut, in See also:February 1800 . Brought up on a See also:farm, he taught himself the use of See also:colours, and in 1820 went to New See also:York See also:City and studied See also:painting with See also:Alexander See also:Robertson . He spent the winters of 1831 and 1832 in See also:Rome, and then for nearly a See also:decade he lived in See also:Boston, See also:Massachusetts, where he had considerable See also:vogue, and where in 1842 he painted a portrait of See also:Charles See also:Dickens . One of his best portraits is that ofMrs See also:Fletcher See also:Webster in the Boston Museum of See also:Fine Arts . He died in 1881 in See also:Florence .

End of Article: FRANCIS ALEXANDER (1800—1881)
[back]
ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER (1772—1851)
[next]
GEORGE ALEXANDER (1858— )

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.