Daniel Huntington (1816-1906) was an American portrait and landscape painter who studied with Samuel F.B. Morse, President of the National Academy of Design in New York City. Huntington was a member of the National Academy from 1839 until his death, and served as President of the Academy at various periods. He was also Vice-President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 33 years. In 1842 he married Harriet S. Richards, with whom he lived in Brooklyn for a period after 1847.
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Sources:
- Henderson, John J., and Roger E. Belson. "Daniel Huntington (1816-1906)." Accessed May 25, 2011. http://whitemountainart.com/biographies/bio_dh.htm
From the guide to the Letter from A.M. Correnz to Daniel Huntington, 1844, (Brooklyn Historical Society)