biography of Charles Wesley JARVIS (1812-1868)

Birth place: NYC

Death place: Newark, NJ

Addresses: Active primarily in NYC

Profession: Portrait, miniature, and historical painter

Studied: Henry Inman

Exhibited: NAD

Work: NY City Hall; Md. Hist. Soc

Comments: The second son of John Wesley Jarvis (see entry), he was brought up by his mother's family, the Burtises of Oyster Bay, Long Island. About 1828 he was apprenticed to Henry Inman (see entry), with whom he worked in NYC and Philadelphia until 1834. Returning to NYC he established himself as a portrait painter and worked there until his death.

Sources: G&W; Dickson, John Wesley Jarvis; Newark Daily Advertiser, Feb. 15, 1868, and Daily Journal, Feb. 15, 1868 (obits.); NYCD 1835-67; Cowdrey, NAD; Cowdrey, AA & AAU; Wilson, Lincoln in Portraiture;; 7 Census (1850), N.Y., XLIII, 97.