biography of Henry Alexander OGDEN (1856-1936)

Birth place: Philadelphia, PA

Death place: Englewood, NJ

Addresses: Englewood, NJ

Profession: Illustrator, historical painter, author

Studied: Brooklyn Inst.; Brooklyn Acad. Des.; NAD; ASL.

Exhibited: Brooklyn AA, 1875-77, 1882, 1885; PAFA Ann., 1888, 1890.

Member: SI, 1911.

Comments: He was an illustrator for Leslie's great Western trip of 1877. He was regarded as the greatest living authority on colonial costumes, and was commissioned by the U. S. Govt. to make 71 color plates of Army uniforms representing every military period since the revolution. Auth./Illustr.: The Boy's Book of Famous Regiments, 1914; Our Army, 1906; Our Flag, 1917.

Sources: WW33; P&H Samuels, 351; Falk, Exh. Record Series.