biography of John Douglas WOODWARD (1846/48-1924)

Birth place: Monte Bello, Middlesex County, VA

Addresses: Kentucky; Richmond, VA; NYC, 1868, 1885-94; South Orange, NY, 1882, 1895; New Rochelle, NY

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: with Edward V. Valentine, William L. Sheppard and John A. Elder in Richmond; CUA School; Cincinnati, with F.C. Welsh

Exhibited: NAD, 1867-95; Brooklyn AA, 1882-86; Boston AC, 1882, 1894; PAFA Ann., 1883-87, 1892

Member: SI; New Rochelle AA

Comments: Illustrator: Hayden's U.S. Geological Survey Report, 1872, Appleton's Picturesque America and Picturesque Europe series.

Sources: WW24; Wright, Artists in Virgina Before 1900. Wright cites a birthdate of 1846; Falk, Exh. Record Series.