Figure 5. — Alvan Clark as an artist, painted by George Hollings- 

 worth. This portrait, formerly owned by the Clarks, now hangs in 

 the Harvard College Observatory. Courtesy Fogg Art Museum, 

 Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



Alvan Clark & Sons telescope business appeared lucrative enough to 

 support his family. 



Alvan Clark was widely known as a sharpshooter as well as a portrait 

 painter, and there are numerous legends of his marksmanship. With 

 rifles and bullets of his own make he was able to "put bullet after bullet 



