biography of Charles AKERS (c.1835-1906)

Birth place: near Hollis, ME

Addresses: NYC, active 1860s; Buffalo, NY, 1867-69; studio at Waterbury, CT in 1875; NYC

Profession: Sculptor, crayon portraitist

Studied: Benjamin Paul Akers (his brother), Rome, 1857-58

Exhibited: Boston Athenaeum, 1867; NAD, 1871 (Lucretia Mott"), 1878 (crayon drawings)"

Comments: Turned from sculpture (portrait busts and ideal subjects) to crayon drawing about 1871.

Sources: G&W; Art Annual, VI (1907/08), 106; Art News, Oct. 20, 1906; Bolton, Crayon Draftsmen; French, Art and Artists in Conn.; Naylor, NAD; Clement and Hutton (lists 1871 NAD exh.).