EDMONDS, Francis W., artist,
b. in Hudson, N. ¥., 22 Nov., 1806 ; d. at his country-seat, Bronxville,
Westchester co., 7 Feb., 1863. He showed great love for art in his youth, but
was a bank cashier in his native city and in New York city till 1855. During
this time he studied at the National academy of design, and employed his leisure
with his pencil. In 1835 he sent to the academy, under an assumed name, his
first picture, " Sammy the Tailor." He was secretary from 1860 till
1863 of the American bank-note company, and his "BarnYard,"
"Sewing-Girl," "Grinding the Scythe," and "Mechanic"
were engraved on notes printed by that establishment. He was elected an
associate of the National academy in 1838, was afterward a trustee, and became
an academician in 1840. After this he studied in Europe, and on his return aided
in the establishment of the New York Gallery of fine arts. Among the better
known of hispictures, besides those
named above, are "Dominie Sampson " (1837); "The City
and Country Beaux,""The Penny Paper" (1839) : "Sparkling
" (1840) ; "Vesuvius and Florence" (1844) : "Commodore
Trunion." "The Sleepy Student " (1846) ; " Trial of
Patience" (1848); " The Speculator" (1852) ; "Taking
the Census" (1854); "The Thirsty Drover" (1856) ; "Bargaining
" (1858) ; and "The New Bonnet" (1859).
(William
EDMONDS - Francis ELFORD )
... ELFORD (MAY 1890 - AFT 1975) Francis ELFORD (1888 - ) UP (George DENNIS -
William
GAMMONS ) BACK (William EAST - Susanna EDMONDS ) NEXT (George ELFORD - James ...
Francis
W. Edmonds Papers
... Mann, Maybelle. Francis William Edmonds. Mammon and
Art (NY: Garland Publishing Co., 1977). Edmonds ...
Exhibitions at the New
York Historical Society
... the paintings from artists such as Asher B. Durand, George Healey, Thomas
Hill and
Francis William Edmonds, have not been exhibited for nearly 25 years. more. ...
Wesleyan:
Image from the DAC Collection
... Alfred Jones (American, b. England, 1819-1900), after Francis William
Edmonds.
The New Scholar (from the Gallery of American Art, No. 1), 1850. ...