American, 1815–1855
Joseph Whiting Stock (1815–1855) was an American painter of portraits, miniatures and landscapes, born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Left paraplegic by an accident at the age of eleven, he studied painting with Franklin White and, with a wheelchair built for him in 1834, travelled to portrait commissions in New England and New York. He died of tuberculosis in Springfield in 1855.
Sources: Wikipedia (en): Joseph Whiting Stock · Wikidata Q15428881
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