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Alfred T. Ordway (1821-1897)
In September 1854 he was at Conway with Miss Bangs, Champney, Hubbard, and Sanford Gifford trying his hand at landscape painting. Ordway painted throughout the northeast, and in 1890 he was reported to be spending "the season" at the Kearsage House in North Conway. He exhibited frequently at the National Academy of Design and the Brooklyn Art Association from 1868 until his death. His last known address was Boston. Photo Credits
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Ordway studied portraiture under G.P.A. Healy and, in 1845, opened a studio in Tremont
Row, Boston. He and his friend, Benjamin Champney (1817-1907), founded the Boston
Art Club in 1854, and he served as its President in 1859. He was also a founder of
the Boston Paint and Clay Club. He served as a Director of Exhibitions at the Boston
Athenaeum from
1856 to 1863. Ordway exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum (1855-64), the
Art Institute of Chicago (1898), and the Mechanics Fair in Boston in 1878.