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Museums page for Henry Cheever Pratt ((1803 - 1880)), known for Landscape-survey, portrait, genre. Showing 7 museum collections and exhibitions.
Henry Cheever Pratt MUSEUMS
1803 Oxford, New Hampshire - 1880 Wakefield, Massachusetts. Known for: Landscape-survey, portrait, genre.
Born in Oxford, New Hampshire, Henry Pratt became a portrait and panoramic landscape painter whose primary reputation is for the work he completed as an artist for the 1850 U.S. Mexican Boundary... Read full biography
Born in Oxford, New Hampshire, Henry Pratt became a portrait and panoramic landscape painter whose primary reputation is for the work he completed as an artist for the 1850 U.S. Mexican Boundary Survey. His talent was discovered by Samuel F.B. Morse who saw the young artist's paintings on a barn... Read full biography
Born in Oxford, New Hampshire, Henry Pratt became a portrait and panoramic landscape painter whose primary reputation is for the work he completed as an artist for the 1850 U.S. Mexican Boundary Survey. His talent was discovered by Samuel F.B. Morse who saw the young artist's paintings on a barn door and took him to Boston as his assistant. He also got him enrolled in the classes of Samuel Finley and then took him in 1819 and 1820 to Charleston, South Carolina as a painting assistant. By 1825,... Read full biography
Born in Oxford, New Hampshire, Henry Pratt became a portrait and panoramic landscape painter whose primary reputation is for the work he completed as an artist for the 1850 U.S. Mexican Boundary Survey. His talent was discovered by Samuel F.B. Morse who saw the young artist's paintings on a barn door and took him to Boston as his assistant. He also got him enrolled in the classes of Samuel Finley and then took him in 1819 and 1820 to Charleston, South Carolina as a painting assistant. By 1825, Pratt had a studio in Boston where he was a successful portrait painter and exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum. He did numerous sketching trips into the nearby mountains with his good friend, Thomas Cole, who, like Morse, encouraged his interest in... Read full biography
Born in Oxford, New Hampshire, Henry Pratt became a portrait and panoramic landscape painter whose primary reputation is for the work he completed as an artist for the 1850 U.S. Mexican Boundary Survey. His talent was discovered by Samuel F.B. Morse who saw the young artist's paintings on a barn door and took him to Boston as his assistant. He also got him enrolled in the classes of Samuel Finley and then took him in 1819 and 1820 to Charleston, South Carolina as a painting assistant. By 1825, Pratt had a studio in Boston where he was a successful portrait painter and exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum. He did numerous sketching trips into the nearby mountains with his good friend, Thomas Cole, who, like Morse, encouraged his interest in portraying sublime aspects of the landscape. In 1851, Pratt joined John R. Bartlett's Mexican Boundary Survey as the official artis... Read full biography
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About Henry Cheever Pratt: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (7)
All MuseumsBoston Athenaeum
10 1/2 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA)
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115New-York Historical Society
2 West 77th Street At Central Park
New York City, NY 10024Peabody Essex Museum
East India Square
161 Essex Square
Salem, MA 01970Phoenix Art Museum
1625 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004-1685Redwood Library and Athenaeum
50 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840