Historical Sketches of Kentucky by Lewis Collins, Maysville, KY. and J. A. & U. P. James, Cincinnati, 1847. Volume 1. Reprinted 1968. Fayette County. Artists of Kentucky, pages 621. CHESTER HARDING, who afterward acquired a national reputation, painted some excellent portraits here [Lexington] in 1819. Mrs. H. I. Bodley, Mrs. Wm. Preston, Mrs. Woodward, Mrs. A. K. Wolley, and others have pictures by him. Harding Bodley Preston Woodward Wolley = none http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/fayette/harding.c.txt