Edwin Tryon Billings

Among his numerous portrait subjects were Daniel Webster, William Lloyd Garrison and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Billings was born November 20, 1824, to wheelwright Ira Billings and Eunice Tryon of Massachusetts.

Billings painted several important Worcester residents, including John Davis and Stephen Salisbury.

His work hung in many public buildings including the Worcester County Courthouse and Mechanics Hall.

[5][6] In the 1874 exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association Billings showed several paintings, including "Child and Kitten," and "Children and Rabbits.

[1] Friends included painter George Fuller, with whom he travelled in the southern United States.