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Place bornLeverett, Massachusetts, United States

Place diedSunderland, Massachusetts, United States

BiographyErastus Salisbury Field was born in Leverett, Massachusetts, in 1805.

He and his twin sister, Salome, were named after their parents.

Erastus Salisbury Field grew up in the western Massachusetts village of Leverett.

Erastus Salisbury Field grew up in the western Massachusetts village of Leverett.

Erastus Salisbury Field was an American folk art painter of portraits, landscapes, and history pictures.

Erastus Salisbury Field (May 19, in Leverett, Massachusetts – June 28, in Sunderland, Massachusetts) was an American folk art painter.

Erastus Salisbury Field, Gentleman of Squire Williams House, ca.

Gentleman of Squire Williams House; Creator Lifespan: born Leverett, MA - died Plumtrees, MA ; Creator Nationality: American; Creator Gender: Male.

Field early demonstrated an artistic talent, and in 1824, at the age of nineteen, he apprenticed in the New York City studio of Samuel F. B. Morse until the sudden death of Morse's young wife in 1825, only three months after Field's arrival.

Field returned to Leverett, starting a pattern of patronship among relatives and friends that was to spread throughout western Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, and Vermont.

In 1831 he married Phebe Gilmur in Ware, Massachusetts—where he later painted Joseph Moore and his family—and a year later their daughter, Henrietta, was born.

He continued traveling, as far south as Hartford, New Haven, and New Canaan, Connecticut. Field is considere