1860 Graduated from Newton University in Baltimore, Maryland; opened a studio in New York City
1862 Served at Harper’s Ferry in the 22nd New York Regiment; first exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
1863 First exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the Brooklyn Art Association; produced earliest known White Mountain works; elected a member of the Century Association
1864 Elected Associate member of National Academy of Design; traveled to Jamaica with Frederic E. Church
1865–66 Continued studies in England and Paris as well as a sketching trip to Switzerland
1878 Elected Academician of the National Academy of Design
1890 Studied law at Columbia University, New York City
1892 Admitted to practice law by the New York State Bar
1904 Died in New York City
Horace Wolcott Robbins Jr.; engraving from H. W. French, Art and Artists in Connecticut (Boston, 1878). Courtesy of the New Hampshire State Library.
