biography of John H. HARDING (1842-1914)

Birth place: Bristol, RI

Death place: New Bedford, MA

Addresses: New Bedford, MA, active 1898-1914

Profession: Painter

Studied: apprenticeship with O.L. Brown, sign and decorative painting firm in Boston

Comments: Employed by J.S. D'Orsay in New York, where he learned fresco painting. He later decorated many public and private buildings and patented several inventions used in his work. In retirement, he wrote, collected books, painted and framed.

Sources: Blasdale, Artists of New Bedford, 104.