Edwin Whitefield

Whitefield visited a series of North American cities, where he published books reproducing the paintings he made there.^[3] His collections were published by subscription. The cities he visited included Brooklyn (1845), Toronto (1851), Quebec City (1852), Montreal (1853-1854), Hamilton, Ontario (1854), Ithaca, New York (1855), Jamestown (1882), and Boston (1889).

In 1856, after visiting Minnesota, he made it his home, using landscapes to help persuade those seeking land to let him play a role in their purchases.^[3]

Whitefield Township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota is named for the artist while nearby Lake Lillian was named for Whitefield's wife.^[4]

He illustrated native American flora. Some of his illustrations were included in the 1848-1850 volumes by Asa B. Strong titled The American Flora^[5] and in the 1845 volume by Emma C Embury, American Wildflowers in Their Native Haunts.

He died in Dedham, Massachusetts.

• Media related to Edwin Whitefield at Wikimedia Commons
• The Winterthur Library Overview of an archival collection about Edwin Whitefield.