Francis Seth Frost

Francis Seth Frost (1825–1902) or F.S. Frost was a painter, photographer, and businessman specializing in artists' materials. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, he travelled widely in the United States. Friends included Albert Bierstadt.[1] Frost kept an art studio in the Studio Building on Tremont Street in Boston.[2] In 1869 with E.H. Adams he began the artists' supply firm, Frost & Adams, which flourished into the 20th century.[3][4]

Portrait of F.S. Frost

References

1. Peter E. Palmquist, Thomas R. Kailbourn. Pioneer photographers of the far west: a biographical dictionary, 1840-1865. Stanford University Press, 2000; p.253
2. Boston Directory. 1864
3. King's hand-book of Boston. Boston: 1889. Google books
4. Boston register and business directory. 1921

Further reading

• Houston, Jourdan. "Francis Seth Frost (1825-1902), Beyond Bierstadt's Shadow." American Art Review, August–September 1994 146-157.

External links

• Smith College. Francis Seth Frost (1825–1902). South Pass, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming, 1860. Oil on canvas.
• Hood Museum. Francis Seth Frost. Moat Mountain, Intervale, New Hampshire. About 1872. Oil on canvas
• White Mountain Art & Artists
• New Hampshire Historical Society. Frost
• Smith College. South Pass, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming by Francis Seth Frost

Images

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  Lake Winnipesaukee, 19th century
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  Rocky New England coast, 1866
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  Mt. Washington, 19th century