Thomas Le Clear

Thomas Le Clear was born in Owego, New York on March 11, 1818. He sold his first paintings, copies of a painting of Saint Matthew, at the age of 12.{{cite web |url= http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=2856 Le Clear died of pleurisy on November 26, 1882, at his home in Rutherford, New Jersey, at the age of 64. ==Works==

Among his compositions are The Reprimand, Marble Players, and Itinerants (1862). Of his numerous portraits, one of the best is that of George Bancroft, at the Century Club, New York; other excellent portraits are those of William Cullen Bryant, Bayard Taylor, Millard Fillmore, and Edwin Booth as Hamlet. He's also noted for his genre scenes, including Interior with Portraits. ==Notes==