HUNTINGDON, DANIEL (1816-1906), American artist, was born in New York on Oct. 14, 1816. In 1835 he studied with S. 'F. B. Morse, and produced "A Bar-Room Politician" and "A Toper Asleep." Subsequently he painted some landscapes on the Hudson river and in 1839 went to Rome. On his return to Amer ica he painted portraits and began the illustration of The Pilgrim's Progress, but his eyesight failed and in 1844 he went back to Rome. Returning to New York in 1846 he devoted his time chiefly to portrait-painting, although he had painted many genre, religious and historical subjects. He was president of the Na tional Academy 1862-70, and again 1877-90. He died on April 19, 1906, in New York city.