James Frothingham

Place: Charlestown

Born: 1786

Death: 1864

Biography:

James Frothingham (1786–1864) was an American portrait painter in Massachusetts and New York. James Frothingham was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He began as a chaise painter in his father's chaise manufactory. In the Boston area, he was a student of Gilbert Stuart. In 1888, The Atlantic Monthly described him as "a portraitist of talent", add...