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Title

Renowned Portrait Painter had Connections to Orleans County

Authors

Matthew R. Ballard, Orleans County Department of HistoryFollow

Files

Description

Regarded for his portraits of James Madison, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams, Chester Harding was a respected painter during the early 1800s. Records show that he purchased a parcel of land in Barre, New York from the Holland Land Company where his parents, Abiel and Olive Harding, lived out the remainder of their lives.

Publication Date

4-29-2017

Volume

3

Issue

18

Publisher

County of Orleans

City

Albion

Keywords

Town of Barre, Artists, Famous People, Orleans County

Disciplines

Painting | Public History | United States History

Repository Citation

Ballard, Matthew R., "Renowned Portrait Painter had Connections to Orleans County" (2017). Pioneer Record. 14.
https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/pioneer_record/14