Edwin Whitefield

Edwin Whitefield
Born (1816-09-22)September 22, 1816
East Lulworth, near Wareham, Dorset, England
Died December 26, 1892(1892-12-26) (aged 76)
Dedham, Massachusetts
Known for landscape artist

Edwin Whitefield (September 22, 1816 December 26, 1892) was a landscape artist who is best known for his lithographed views of North American cities and for a number of illustrated books on colonial homes in New England.

Born in East Lulworth, near Wareham, Dorset, England,[1] he emigrated to the United States in 1838.

Whitefield Township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota is named for the artist while nearby Lake Lillian was named for Whitefield's wife.[2]

Montreal painted by Whitefield in 1853-54

He died in Dedham, Massachusetts.

References

  1. "Edwin and Wilfred J. Whitefield". Minnesota Historical Society.
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 272.
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