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James Bowdoin III (September 22, 1752 – October 11, 1811) was an American philanthropist and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. He has born to James Bowdoin in Boston, and graduated from Harvard College in 1771. James then studied law at Oxford and traveled widely in Europe until 1775.
James Bowdoin III was the son of the wealthy merchant and second governor of Massachusetts, James Bowdoin II. Both father and son were prominent proponents of the American revolution in New England.
As the son of an avid arts collector and second governor of Massachusetts, James Bowdoin III built on his father’s important cultural legacy by assembling one of United States most significant collections of paintings and drawings.
27 de mai. de 2024 · James Bowdoin III (1752–1811) ( fig. 1) was born into one of the wealthiest families in eighteenth-century Boston. 1 His father, James Bowdoin II (1726–1790) was a merchant, as was his father and grandfather, and an amateur scientist.
Há 1 dia · His father, James Bowdoin II, would go on to be a leader in the American Revolution, the governor of Massachusetts, and a founder of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among many other accomplishments and offices. Young James Bowdoin III would live a life seemingly more inclined toward pleasure than toward serious study.
In her essay on James Bowdoin’s drawings, Sarah Cantor parses through Bowdoin’s journey in detail. As she explains, over the course of his two year journey, Bowdoin visited Naples, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Rome, Florence, Bologna, Lyons, England, and likely other towns and cities along the way.
The son of James Bowdoin II and graduate of Harvard College in 1771, James Bowdoin III also served in the Massachusetts legislature. When Bowdoin College was established in 1794 and named in honor of his father, Governor Bowdoin, he gave the school land and money.
