William Holbrook Beard
1824–1900
American artist. Portrait painter in Buffalo, New York, 1850–6; studied in Europe before returning to Buffalo around 1858. Settled in New York City, 1860; specialised in humorous and satirical paintings of animals in human poses, including several that make reference to CD’s theories.
Sources
DAB
Peck 1994.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
Peck, Robert McCracken. 1994. William Holbrook Beard (1824–1900). Magazine Antiques 146: 692–700.
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