Biografie von Nicholas Biddle KITTELL (1822-1894)

Birth place: Columbia County, NY

Death place: NYC

Addresses: Norwich, Chenango County, NY, in 1847; NYC from 1857

Profession: Portrait painter; possibly painted landscapes as well

Exhibited: NAD, 1847, 1857-91 (portraits, one still life); Brooklyn AA , 1860-81(portraits, one still life)

Work: NYHS

Comments: Between 1878 and 1887, he frequently visited Benjamin Champney (see entry) in the White Mountains; however, no New Hampshire landscapes by Kittell have been identified. Also appears as Kettell.

Sources: G&W; N.Y. Tribune, June 28, 1894, obit.; Cowdrey, NAD; NYBD 1857-60. G&W gave his birth year as 1822 based on his death certificate (NYC Dept. of Health) which stated he was age 72 at the time of his death; some other sources had given his age as 80. More recently, see Campbell, New Hampshire Scenery; Naylor, NAD; NYHS Catalogue (1974), cat. no. 1365.