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About Alonzo Hartwell
- Alonzo Hartwell (19 February 1805 in Littleton, Massachusetts – 17 January 1873 in Waltham, Massachusetts) was an engraver and portrait artist in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.
- He trained with Abel Bowen in Boston and in 1826 went into business for himself.
- 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.
- In 1850, he received the silver medal of the Charlestown, Massachusetts, Mechanics' Association.
- He continued as an engraver until 1851, when he turned to portrait painting.
- Hartwell is buried in Mount Feake Cemetery in Waltham, MA.
- One of Hartwell's children, Henry Walker Hartwell, became an architect in the Boston firm Hartwell and Richardson.
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