Edward Chase Clute (1821-1864), (painting).

Edward Chase Clute (1821-1864), (painting).

Carpenter, Francis Bicknell, 1830-1900, painter.

Edward Chase Clute (1821-1864), (painting).

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Portrait of Edward Chase Clute with his body turned to the left and his gaze directed toward the viewer. He wears a black jacket with a brown tie and a white shirt.

Portrait male -- Clute, Edward Chase -- Bust

Occupation -- Art -- Artist

Raiford, Robert Chase, 368 McIntosh Drive, Lowgap, North Carolina 27024

Formerly in the collection of Clute, Giles Ashton, 1861.

Matthews, Annie Clute,

Raiford, Margaret Clute,

Edward Chase Clute was born in 1821 in Schoharie, New York. He was the son of Giles Ashton Clute, born in Schenectady, New York, and Elizabeth Chase Clute, believed to have been from Utica, New York. Edward briefly studied law in Utica where he lived with his mother in 1846-1847. He was commissioned to create a sculpture of Mr. Randall, a banker from Cortland, New York. He and his wife, Elizabeth, lived with the Randall’s during this time. Francis Bicknell Carpenter, from Homer, New York, and Edward Chase Clute, living in Cortland, became friends. Edward Clute next lived in Rochester, New York for two years where he continued his art work. He left Rochester in 1850 and opened a studio in Syracuse, New York next to artist Sanford Thayer. Thayer taught Francis Bicknell Carpenter. Edward Chase Clute is also listed as having a studio in New York City. The portrait has descended through the sitter's family to the current owner. A letter dated April 1861 (months before the start of the Civil War) from Edward Chase Clute on Randall Bank stationary, Cortland, New York to his brother Giles Clute, living in North Carolina, is in the possession of the current owner. The portrait was a wedding gift to his brother and future bride. Another portrait of Edward Chase Clute by Francis Bicknell Carpenter is in the collection of the Cortland County Historical Society, Courtland, New York (IAP record number 34130004).

Raiford, Robert Chase, 2011.

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