biografia di Thomas Kelah WHARTON (1814-1862)

Birth place: Hull, England

Death place: New Orleans, LA

Addresses: Ohio, 1830-32; New York City, 1832; New York State; Holly Springs, MS, 1844; New Orleans, 1844-62

Profession: Landscape painter and lithographer, architect and builder

Exhibited: NAD, 1834-35 (landscapes-two of them scenes in the Hudson Highlands around West Point)

Work: Stokes Collection at the New York Public Library (two pencil views of Natchez, MS about 1850; two of his diaries, 1830-34 &1853-54; and a sketch book)

Comments: He came to America with his parents in 1830 and settled in Ohio. In 1832 he entered the office of the NYC architect Martin E. Thompson. About 1838 he drew and lithographed a view of Reading (PA). He eventually moved to New Orleans and worked for the U.S. Treasury Department in various positions. A talented sketch artist, he made drawings of the progress and changes in the building of the Custom House and of scenes around the city and illustrated his N.O. diary, 1853-62.

Sources: G&W; Stokes, Historical Prints, 86, 107; Cowdrey, NAD. Hageman, 104-106, incl.repros.; Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 411.