• Born: 5 Jan 1785, Charlestown MA
• Died: 30 Jul 1864

  General notes:

Artist

He began as a chaise painter in his father's chaise manufactory. In the Boston area, he was a student of Gilbert Stuart. In 1888, The Atlantic Monthly described him as "a portraitist of talent", adding that Stuart is quoted as having said of one of Frothingham's head portraits, "No man in Boston but myself can paint so good a head."

  Events in his life were:

• Example: Portrait of Simeon Chase Whittier, circa 1815, in Winterthur Library.

• Example: Portrait of Martha Williams (Fuller) Whittier, circa 1815, in Winterthur Library.

• Example: Portrait of Elias Haskell Derby, circa 1815, in Winterthur Library.