biography of Wales HOTCHKISS (1826-?)
Birth place: Bethany, CT
Addresses: Northampton, MA
Profession: Portrait painter
Studied: George W. Flagg at New Haven, CT; NYC
Comments: Returning to New Haven from NYC in the mid-1840s he painted some portraits and historical pieces in oils, but was predominantly a watercolor artist. He moved to Northampton (MA) about 1870 and was still there in 1879.
Sources: G&W; French, Art and Artists in Connecticut, 134-135; New Haven CD 1856-57; 7 Census (1850), Conn., VIII, 532; Cowdrey, NAD (1861).