Nutting graduated from the
Boston Latin School in 1816. He began working as an artist in Boston around 1826, painting portraits, and also drawing "on stone for lithographers" such as
Pendleton's Lithography (ca.1828-1833);
Annin & Smith; and
B.W. Thayer & Co. He taught drawing at the
Chauncy-Hall School; and the
Roxbury Latin School (c. 1876). As a teacher and artist, he was associated with the
Boston Artists' Association. He also worked as "an artist, drawing teacher and lithographer" for Francis Oakley in Boston, probably in the 1850s-1860s. In 1880, he taught drawing/painting on West Street. Nutting showed frequently in art exhibitions. His work appeared at Boston's American Gallery of Fine Arts (1835); and the Boston Art Association (1844) Several of his paintings were displayed in 1851–1852 in the gallery of the
New England Art Union. He exhibited 2 oil paintings in the 1847 exhibit of the
Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association; and his watercolor "A New England Farm" was included in the association's 1884 exhibit. His watercolor "Apple Branch and Jug" was included in the 1880 exhibition of American Art at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.; and his watercolor "A New England Kitchen" was exhibited in the Lydian Gallery, Chicago, in 1880. He also showed works at the
Boston Art Club (1873, 1875–1876). ==Further reading==