biography of Thomas Gold APPLETON (1812-1884)

Birth place: Boston

Death place: NYC

Addresses: Boston

Profession: Amateur painter, collector

Studied: Harvard; art with Brown, England; Doughty, Phila.

Comments: He traveled widely in Europe and the Near East, and became a well known essayist and poet. He was also a patron of art in Boston, collecting work by European and American artists. Donated a collection of engravings to the Boston Public Library and a group of Greek vases to the BMFA. He died in NYC on a visit.

Sources: G&W; Hale, Thomas Gold Appleton, 7-13; DAB; CAB; Clement and Hutton.