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.[3]
Flagg served as an Episcopal minister for a decade, including as Rector of Grace Church Brooklyn Heights,[4] until he resumed the practice of his art. He occasionally painted ideal figure pictures but made portraits his specialty. Among Flagg's more notable portraits are of several of the judges of the
New York Court of Appeals, including a three-quarter length of Chief Justice
Sanford E. Church (which was placed in the new state capitol);
Rhode Island GovernorDaniel Russell Brown (which was placed in the
Rhode Island State House); an 1887 life-size full-length portrait of
William M. Evarts (which also hung in the capitol; and several portraits of
Commodore Vanderbilt (one of which hangs in the directors' room at the
Grand Central depot in New York); and
William H. Vanderbilt, among others.[1] Other notable paintings by Jared Flagg include Holy Thoughts and Paul before Felix (1849), and Angelo and Isabella (1850).[3]
Flagg was married three times. His first marriage was to Sarah Montague (1823–1844) on December 30, 1841. Together, Sarah and Jared were the parents of:[8]
Montague Flagg (1842–1915), a portrait painter who married Elise Cordier (d. 1916).[9]
After Sarah's death in 1844, he remarried to Amelia Louisa Hart (1828–1867) on December 1, 1846. Amelia was a daughter of Dr. Samuel Hart and Orpha (née North) Hart. Her older brother, Samuel Waldo Hart, served as the
Mayor of New Britain, Connecticut. Together, Jared and Amelia were the parents of:[10]
Charles Noel Flagg (1848–1916), an artist who married Ellen Fanny Earle (1852–1920), daughter of Morris Earle, in 1874.[11][12]
Ernest Flagg (1857–1947), a notable architect who married Margaret Elizabeth Bonnell (1882–1978) in 1899.[15]
Washington Allston Flagg (1860–1903), who married Anna Davis Robins (1865–1939) in 1886. After his death, she married John Turner Atterbury in 1908.[16]
Rosalie Allston Flagg (1866–1949), who married William Dexter Jaffray (1863–1949).[18]
After Amelia's death in 1867, he married for the third time to Josephine Bond (1832–1911) in 1869. Josephine was a daughter of Lucy (née Strong) Bond and Judge
William Key Bond, a former
U.S. Representative from Ohio.[19]
^"Jared Bradley Flagg, 1820-1899". The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, Centre for Whistler Studies, University of Glasgow (2004). Retrieved May 19, 2007. [dead link]