Jared Bradley Flagg

Jared Bradley Flagg (June 16, 1820 – September 25, 1899) was an American painter. Early life Flagg was born on June 16, 1820, in New Haven, Connecticut. He was a son of Martha (née Whiting) Flagg (1792–1875) and Henry Collins Flagg, the one time mayor of New Haven. He was the younger brother of artists George Whiting Flagg and Henry Collins Flagg III. The Flagg brothers all studied painting under their famous uncle, Washington Allston, and received some recognition of their own. In 1836, when he was only sixteen years old, Jared exhibited a portrait of his father in the National Academy and was favorably noticed by the critics. Career As a young man, Flagg settled in Hartford, Connecticut. He moved to New York in 1849 and was soon elected an academician. Jared pursued the study of theology at intervals with his art, and, in 1854, he entered the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Flagg received the degree of A.M. from Trinity College in 1861, and that of S.T.D. from Columbia University in 1863.