John Boaden

John Boaden (1792/3–1839) was an English portrait painter

Life

Portrait by Boaden of the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend in the Victoria and Albert Museum^[1]

Boaden was the son of the theatre critic James Boaden. A painter of portraits and theatrical subjects, he exhibited 40 works at the Royal Academy between 1810 and 1833, 90 at the British Institute between 1810 and 1839, and 59 at the Society of British Artists between 1827 and 1840 (in the last year posthumously). He died in 1839.^[1]

References

Sources

• This article incorporates text from the article "BOADEN, John" in Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.
•  Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Boaden, John". Dictionary of National Biography 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.