Alfred J. Wiggin

Examples of his work are in the collections of the Cape Ann Museum; Lafayette College; the Peabody Essex Museum; He also produced landscapes on commission, such as an 1859 oil color of a house in nearby Annisquam for Captain Oliver Lane, a homesick sailor. Wiggin produced portraits of several significant American figures of the mid 19th century. He painted Zachary Taylor in July 1851, a year after the president's death. In 1869, he produced a portrait of General Benjamin Butler, who was then a member of the House of Representatives for Wiggin's local district. ==Gallery==

Eliza Dennison Wiggin and Child, by Alfred J. Wiggin, 1836, oil on canvas - Cape Ann Museum - Gloucester, MA - DSC01037.jpg|Eliza Dennison Wiggin and Child, 1836, oil on canvas - Cape Ann Museum - Gloucester, MA Alfred J. Wiggin (1859), "Captain Oliver Lane House".png|Captain Oliver Lane House, 1859 - Annisquam, MA General Benjamin Butler by Alfred J. Wiggin, 1869, oil on canvas - Cape Ann Museum - Gloucester, MA - DSC01301.jpg|General Benjamin Butler, 1869, oil on canvas - Cape Ann Museum - Gloucester, MA ==References==