movement death_place death_date birth_place training nationality field birth_date article_title name
portrait painting flushing , queens , new york 1893 1812 buffalo , new york self-taught english / scottish painter 1812 james henry beard
 james henry beard
james henry beard

james henry beard -lrb- 1812 -- 1893 -rrb- was an american painter who specialized in the genre of portraits .
portraits consist of a sculpture , painting , or photograph representing a person , in which the facial expressions are dominant .
he was elected as a member of the national academy of design in 1872 .
