Samuel Finley Morse Badger

1873-1919


American. Lived with his father S. Badger in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Apprenticed to a trunk maker. When the factory went west took up ship portraits. Self taught. Sailed around Boston Harbor in a small yacht-took measurements of vessels or painted from blueprints.

Collections: Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine; Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, Connecticut.

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