Alonzo Hartwell

Alonzo Hartwell
Born	February 19, 1805 Littleton, Massachusetts
Died	January 17, 1873 (1873-01-18) (aged 67) Waltham, Massachusetts
Burial place	Mount Feake Cemetery
Occupations	Engraver portrait artist
Children	Henry W. Hartwell

Alonzo Hartwell (February 19, 1805 – January 17, 1873) was an engraver and portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.^[1][2][3]

Hartwell was born February 19, 1805, in Littleton, Massachusetts. He trained with Abel Bowen in Boston^[4][5] and in 1826 went into business for himself.^[3] Hartwell's work appeared in the American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge and other publications. Among Hartwell's students were artists George Loring Brown and Benjamin F. Childs.^[4] In 1850, he received the silver medal of the Charlestown, Massachusetts, Mechanics' Association.^[3] He continued as an engraver until 1851, when he turned to portrait painting.^[3]

One of Hartwell's children, Henry W. Hartwell, became an architect in the Boston firm Hartwell and Richardson.^[6] Hartwell died January 17, 1873, in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is buried in Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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  Boston Massacre ^[a]
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  The Broken Hearted
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  Guided by Minerva, Mercury is bearing Science round the world.^[8]
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  Boston Custom House, 1851
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  Davy Crockett, in The Crockett Almanac, 1839^[9]
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  Mineralogy.^[b]
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  Capture of Annawon by Stratagem, 1856
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  Portrait of Jacob Perkins.^[c]
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  The Liberator masthead, 1861

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alonzo Hartwell.

• Works by Alonzo Hartwell at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Alonzo Hartwell at the Internet Archive
• Hartwell, Alonzo 1805-1873 at WorldCat
• Hartwell-Clark Family Papers at Massachusetts Historical Society