biographie de William Thomas MATHEWS (1821-1905)

Birth place: Bristol, England

Death place: Wash., DC

Addresses: Rochester, OH, 1833-48; NYC, 1848-late 1870s; Wash., DC, before 1890

Profession: Portrait painter

Studied: Charles Soule, Cincinnati (with whom he later shared a studio); Charles Loring Elliott

Exhibited: Wash. A. Assoc., 1858-60; NAD, 1861-92, 1890, 1892; Brooklyn AA, 1861-77, 1891; Centennial Expo., Phila., 1876; Wash. Soc. of Artists, 1891-1904

Work: CGA

Comments: Mathews produced portraits of the most notable Americans, including Presidents Lincoln, Hayes, Garfield, Harrison, and McKinley, as well as Daniel Webster, William Cullen Bryant, and William Jennings Bryan. Late in life he opened a studio in the Corcoran building before 1890. Despite his success, these later years were spent in obscurity and poverty. His brother was Alfred E. Mathews (see entry).

Sources: G&W; WW04; Taft, Artists and Illustrators of the Old West, 303; Thieme-Becker; Washington Post, Jan. 13, 1905; Washington Times, Feb. 16, 1908; Cowdrey, NAD; Rutledge, PA; Swan, BA; Washington Art Assoc. Cat., 1857, 1859; McMahan, Artists of Wash., DC; Hageman, 119, spells the name as Matthews.

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