Hammatt Billings

Charles Howland Hammatt Billings (1818–1874) was an artist and architect from Boston, Massachusetts.

Among his works are the original illustrations for Uncle Tom's Cabin (both the initial printing ^[1] and an expanded 1853 edition), ^[2] the National Monument to the Forefathers, the Civil War monument in Concord, Mass., and the 19th century canopy for the Plymouth Rock memorial.

He was the artist of one of the well-noted portrayals of the Battle of Lexington.

Selected designs

• College Hall, the original structure at Wellesley College, 1871-1875, destroyed by fire in 1914
• Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church
• Boston Museum (theatre)
• National Monument to the Forefathers

Image gallery

Notes

1. ^ Stephen Railton, University of Virginia. "First edition illustrations, Uncle Tom's Cabin". http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/uncletom/illustra/52illf.html. Retrieved 2006-05-18. 
2. ^ Stephen Railton, University of Virginia. "Illustrations for the "Splendid Edition"". http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/utc/uncletom/illustra/53illf.html. Retrieved 2006-05-18. 

Further reading

• M.M. Ballou. Life story of Hosea Ballou: for the young. Boston: A. Tompkins, 1854. Illustrations by Billings. Google books
• Bernstein, Robin (2011). Racial Innocence: Performing American Childhood from Slavery to Civil Rights,. New York University Press, pages 95-97, 105-119.. ISBN 9780814787083. 
• O'Gorman, James F. (1998). Accomplished in All Departments of Art: Hammatt Billings of Boston 1818-1874. Boston: University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 1-55849-148-1. 
• Richard Stoddard (January 1972). "Hammatt Billings, Artist and Architect" (PDF). Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. http://www.historicnewengland.org/resources/articles/pdf189.pdf. Retrieved 2006-05-18. 
• Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell (October, 2010). Milton: A Compendium. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 978-1596293779.  Chapter One includes a biography of Billings