Ezra Ames
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Ezra Ames (May 5, 1768-February 23, 1836) was a popular portrait painter in Albany, New York during the late 18th and early 19th cenuries. More than 700 portraits have been attributed to him.
He was born in Framingham, Massachusetts in 1768. He moved to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1790, and married Zipporah Wood in 1794.
Ames painted a number of still lifes, landscapes, and history paintings, and was skilled at engraving. He died in 1836.
[edit] Paintings by Ezra Ames
 Portrait of Joseph Brant |
 Portrait of Simeon De Witt |
 Portrait of Gideon Granger |
 Portrait of Solomon Townsend |
[edit] References
- Who Was Who in America: Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1963.
[edit] Sources
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