John Bradley (artist)

[3] By the end of 1832, he was evidently working on Staten Island, where he painted Asher Androvette holding a copy of the 29 November 1832 issue of The New York and Richmond County Free Press.

[2] A record of someone named John Bradley as a "deranged" resident of Sailors' Snug Harbor, a Staten Island home for retired seamen, may indicate that he had at least one family member in the area.

His work was carefully composed and richly detailed, and directory listings for New York City indicate he made his living as a professional artist.

Many of his portraits have a waist-length format, but those depicting children, or adults with musical instruments, show the full length of subjects who are either seated or standing.

In addition to children with pets or adult musicians with legible sheet music, other works that feature notable accoutrements are Boy with Sinumbra Lamp (private collection)[2] and John Totten, who is shown with drafting instruments.

[9] Bradley's works often show rich, deep colors, such as reds for draperies and greens for his representations of floor and surface coverings.