Joseph Ames, an American portrait painter, born in Rosebury, N. H., about 1825, died Oct. 30, 1872. He practised his art many years in Boston. Among his chief works are portraits of Pius IX., Rachel, Daniel Webster, Rums Choate, and President Felton of Harvard college. His "Death of Webster," a large composition containing a number of figures, has been engraved.