James Hamilton Shegogue

James Hamilton Shegogue (sometimes styled Shégogue) (February 22, 1806 – April 7, 1872)[1] was an American painter.

[1][2] Shegogue was born in Ireland to George Alexander Shegog and his wife Catherine St. Clair Getty.

[3] Around 1833 he exhibited a painting titled An Old Straw Hat, currently unlocated, at the American Academy of Fine Arts; this was the first piece he showed publicly.

[2] In 1839 his name was listed on the register of students at the National Academy of Design, but he is known to have already developed a reputation as an artist.

[1] Tiring of city life, in 1862 he moved to Warrenville, Connecticut, where he died; he continued to paint up until a few weeks before his death.