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[[File:Clement Bonnell A21837.jpg|thumb|215px|Portrait of Clement Bonnell, the artist's father. (c.1825)]]
'''William Bonnell''' (1 February 1804, [[Clinton, New Jersey]] - 12 October 1865, Clinton) was an American portrait painter. His works are generally placed in the [[folk art]] category, due to his lack of formal training.
==Biography==
He was the second son of Colonel Clement Bonnell (1766-1836) and Rachel Wolverton. His grandfather was the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] Colonel Abraham Bonnell (1732-1797),<ref>[http://bit.ly/2GY8kgt C.Bonnell] @ Find-a-Grave</ref> the proprietor of a tavern that was one of the first recruiting places for [[minutemen]] in that area. He married Margaret Hinchman (1813-1901) in 1836.
As of now, only twenty paintings of his are known to exist, most inscribed with his name and a date on the reverse. An unsigned painting of a hunting dog with the unlikely name of "Chustetunk's Frosty Ferris" may be his first canvas. His first signed and dated works are from 1823. Traditionally, a sign that was originally in [[Hampton, New Jersey|Hampton]] at the Perryville Inn, with [[Andrew Jackson]] and an American flag, is credited to him, but he was not known as a sign painter. Most of his works date from c.1825, when he painted the likenesses of several [[Hunterdon County]] residents.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Y4O2aX Biography] @ the National Gallery of Art.</ref>
Only one painting from outside New Jersey is attested to; showing Andrew and Eliza Everhart Yerkes; farmers in [[Warminster, Pennsylvania]]. No works after c.1835 have been discovered. His proficiency shows a distinct improvement over the course of his career; including the addition of background landscapes.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2GY8kNv Bonnell] @ InCollect,</ref>
Some of his works may be seen at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. The sign is at the Hunterdon County Historical Association in [[Flemington, New Jersey|Flemington]].
==References==
==External links==
* [http://bit.ly/2Y36MaS Bonnell] @ the Schwarz gallery
[[Category:1804 births]]
[[Category:1865 deaths]]
[[Category:American painters]]
[[Category:American portrait painters]]
[[Category:Artists from New Jersey]]
'''William Bonnell''' (1 February 1804, [[Clinton, New Jersey]] - 12 October 1865, Clinton) was an American portrait painter. His works are generally placed in the [[folk art]] category, due to his lack of formal training.
==Biography==
He was the second son of Colonel Clement Bonnell (1766-1836) and Rachel Wolverton. His grandfather was the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] Colonel Abraham Bonnell (1732-1797),<ref>[http://bit.ly/2GY8kgt C.Bonnell] @ Find-a-Grave</ref> the proprietor of a tavern that was one of the first recruiting places for [[minutemen]] in that area. He married Margaret Hinchman (1813-1901) in 1836.
As of now, only twenty paintings of his are known to exist, most inscribed with his name and a date on the reverse. An unsigned painting of a hunting dog with the unlikely name of "Chustetunk's Frosty Ferris" may be his first canvas. His first signed and dated works are from 1823. Traditionally, a sign that was originally in [[Hampton, New Jersey|Hampton]] at the Perryville Inn, with [[Andrew Jackson]] and an American flag, is credited to him, but he was not known as a sign painter. Most of his works date from c.1825, when he painted the likenesses of several [[Hunterdon County]] residents.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2Y4O2aX Biography] @ the National Gallery of Art.</ref>
Only one painting from outside New Jersey is attested to; showing Andrew and Eliza Everhart Yerkes; farmers in [[Warminster, Pennsylvania]]. No works after c.1835 have been discovered. His proficiency shows a distinct improvement over the course of his career; including the addition of background landscapes.<ref>[http://bit.ly/2GY8kNv Bonnell] @ InCollect,</ref>
Some of his works may be seen at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]]. The sign is at the Hunterdon County Historical Association in [[Flemington, New Jersey|Flemington]].
==References==
==External links==
* [http://bit.ly/2Y36MaS Bonnell] @ the Schwarz gallery
[[Category:1804 births]]
[[Category:1865 deaths]]
[[Category:American painters]]
[[Category:American portrait painters]]
[[Category:Artists from New Jersey]]
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