Artist
Washington Blanchard
born Cambridge, MA 1808-died Boston, MA 1855
- Born
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Died
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Nationalities
- American
- Biography
Washington Blanchard roamed the eastern seaboard as an itinerant painter, spending time in Boston, Philadelphia, Richmond, and Charleston. Like many miniaturists from this period, he traveled widely out of necessity, searching for commissions from wealthy Americans.