![Thomas Le Clear - Amory Sibley Carhart [c.1860-65]](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3936/15473447578_91a3fbdb95_o.jpg)
Thomas Le Clear (Owego, New York, March 17, 1818 - Rutherford Park, New Jersey, November 26, 1882) was an American painter. He began to follow art professionally before he had had any instruction, and his later advantages in that direction were confined to simple observation of the works of other artists. He went to London, Canada, with his father in 1832, and after painting portraits for a time there he made his way to New York City in 1839, where he reportedly studied for several years under Henry Inman. From 1844 to 1860, he resided in Buffalo, where he was a founding member of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. He returned to New York City in the early 1860s, and was elected a National Academician in 1863.
[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Oil on canvas, 161.9 x 111.4 cm]