biography of Alexander W. RUTHERFORD (1826-1851)

Birth place: Vermont

Death place: London, England

Profession: Genre, portrait, and still life painter

Studied: Daniel Huntington, NYC, c. 1847; went to Europe in 1850 to continue his studies but died in London the following year (at age 26)

Exhibited: NAD, 1849-50

Comments: Patronized by the American Art-Union in 1848 and after.

Sources: G&W; Panorama (Jan. 1949), 56-57, back cover; Cowdrey, AA & AAU; Cowdrey, NAD; Tuckerman, Book of the Artists; American Collector (Dec. 1948), 17.