Following are comments relative to the spelling of the artist's middle name, which sometimes is listed as Benton but which because of these entries has been changed to Brenton. These comments are... Read full biography
Following are comments relative to the spelling of the artist's middle name, which sometimes is listed as Benton but which because of these entries has been changed to Brenton. These comments are from Sandy Rowe:. I came across the name W. Brenton Boggs researching the name Ellen CARTER, and have... Read full biography
Following are comments relative to the spelling of the artist's middle name, which sometimes is listed as Benton but which because of these entries has been changed to Brenton. These comments are from Sandy Rowe:. I came across the name W. Brenton Boggs researching the name Ellen CARTER, and have noted the following conflicts: . # In the database "Washington, DC Marriages, 1826-50", she is listed as Ellen Williams Carter, and he is W. Brenton Boggs, m. 10/10/1842. # In the database entitled,... Read full biography
Following are comments relative to the spelling of the artist's middle name, which sometimes is listed as Benton but which because of these entries has been changed to Brenton. These comments are from Sandy Rowe:. I came across the name W. Brenton Boggs researching the name Ellen CARTER, and have noted the following conflicts: . # In the database "Washington, DC Marriages, 1826-50", she is listed as Ellen Williams Carter, and he is W. Brenton Boggs, m. 10/10/1842. # In the database entitled, Encyclopedia of American Biography, another individual is listed, George BRENTON Boggs, again with the 'R' in the name - possibly a son or a nephew, given the middle name. Date of birth: Jan 8, 1844, in Somerville, NJ - less than a year and a half... Read full biography
Following are comments relative to the spelling of the artist's middle name, which sometimes is listed as Benton but which because of these entries has been changed to Brenton. These comments are from Sandy Rowe:. I came across the name W. Brenton Boggs researching the name Ellen CARTER, and have noted the following conflicts: . # In the database "Washington, DC Marriages, 1826-50", she is listed as Ellen Williams Carter, and he is W. Brenton Boggs, m. 10/10/1842. # In the database entitled, Encyclopedia of American Biography, another individual is listed, George BRENTON Boggs, again with the 'R' in the name - possibly a son or a nephew, given the middle name. Date of birth: Jan 8, 1844, in Somerville, NJ - less than a year and a half after the Boggs/Carter marriage. Reference to Herrinshaw's Encyclopedia of America Biography of the Nineteent... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Artists of Washington DC 1796-1996
1996
McMahan, Virgil E
240 pages
Encounters with Paradise Views of Hawaii and Its People 1778-1941
1992
Forbes, David
285 pages (color)
Tropical Renaissance North American Artists: Latin America 1839-1879
1989
Manthorne, Katherine Emma
235 pages (color)
New Hampshire Scenery
1985
Campbell, Catherine
0 pages
The Capital Image Painters in Washington 1800-1915 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Cosentino, Andrew; Henry H. Glassie
280 pages (color)
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957
Groce, George; David Wallace
759 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1826-1860 (Exhibition catalog)