biografía de George Hewitt CUSHMAN (1814-1876)

Lugar de nacimiento: Windham, CT

Lugar de defunción: Jersey City Heights, NJ

Direcciones: Philadelphia, c.1842-62; NYC, 1862; Jersey City Heights (N.J), 1876 and before

Profesión: Portrait and miniature painter, engraver

Estudios: Washington Allston drawing(see entry); then engraving under Asaph Willard (see entry), Hartford; then with the Cheney brothers (see John Cheney and Seth Wells Cheney), Boston

Exposiciones: Artists' Fund Society (1842); NAD, 1869.

Comentarios: In Philadelphia he was a banknote engraver for twenty years. During this period Cushman also did some engraving for the book trade, including a large number of F.O.C. Darley's (see entry) illustrations of Cooper and Dickens. Having begun to paint miniatures as early as 1842, Cushman devoted his later years to portraiture instead of engraving.

Fuentes: G&W; DAB; Rutledge, PA; Phila. CD 1843-62; Fielding; Wharton, Heirlooms in Miniatures; Bolton, Miniature Painters; Stauffer.