Joseph Wood

Born about 1778 near Clarkstown, N.Y. In New York, about 1793–1813. Apprenticed to a silversmith, 1793. Became a miniature painter, 1801. Studied with Edward G. Malbone. Formed a partnership with John Wesley Jarvis, 1802–10. In Philadelphia, 1813–16. Lived in Washington, D.C., 1816–30. Did drawings of models for the Patent Office. Ran an art school. Painted portraits of many distinguished people. Died June 15, 1830, in Washington, D.C.Andrew J. Cosentino and Henry H. GlassieThe Capital Image: Painters in Washington, 1800–1915(Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press for the National Museum of American Art, 1983)