1870–1880 Studied and worked with marine painter William Bradford in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, and New York City; studied at the National Academy of Design
c. 1875 Established a studio in Boston, Massachusetts
1875 Exhibited at the American Society of Painters in Watercolors
1876 Produced earliest known White Mountain work; first exhibited at the National Academy of Design and the Boston Art Club
1880 Traveled in Europe and studied at the Academie Julien, Paris
1882 Became a member of the Boston Art Club
1883 Traveled in northern Africa and Spain
1884 Exhibited European paintings at the Boston
Art Club
1921 Died in New Bedford, Massachusetts
Lemuel D. Eldred at his easel, painting a waterfront scene on the New Bedford side of the Acushnet River in Massachusetts; photographer unknown, 1895. Courtesy of Paul E. Levasseur.
