biography of Caroline MUNGER (1808-1892)

Birth place: East Guilford, CT

Death place: Madison, CT

Addresses: Madison, CT

Profession: Miniaturist

Comments: Painted miniature portraits on ivory. Daughter of artist (engraver) George Munger (see entry). Sister of Clarissa Munger(see entry). Married Horace B. Washburn in 1831 and spent most of her life at East River (CT).

Sources: G&W; Munger, The Munger Book, 119; Bolton, Miniature Painters; Cowdrey, NAD; French, Art and Artists in Connecticut, 175.