biography of Thomas B. ASHTON (XIX)

Addresses: Philadelphia, 1835-44

Profession: Landscape and genre painter, wood engraver, and dealer in artists' supplies

Exhibited: Artists' Fund Society (1835-45); PAFA (1843-52), NAD (1837); Boston Athenaeum (1837-49); Apollo Association; American Art-Union (1838-52)

Comments: Although listed as a landscape painter in the 1835 directory, Ashton was subsequently listed as a merchant, of Ashton & Browning, dealers in artists' materials. Ashton left Philadelphia about 1844 and was in Italy from 1845 at least until 1852.

Sources: G&W; Thieme-Becker; Rutledge, PA; Cowdrey, NAD; Cowdrey, AA & AAU; Swan, BA.