biography of Marriott FIELD (XIX)

Profession: Portrait and miniature painter

Exhibited: NAD, frequently, 1839-53

Work: Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford (CT), has a portfolio of watercolor sketches made by him in America 1850-60.

Comments: Field was in NYC in 1839, in Charleston (SC) during the winter of 1841-42, and again in NYC in 1852-57.

Sources: G&W; Cowdrey, NAD; Rutledge, Artists in the Life of Charleston; NYBD 1854-57; information courtesy Wadsworth Athenaeum.