Cook, Clarence, 1828-1900 · New York, S. Hess · leaf 243
e father of Benjamin, was left in England to finish hisstudies begiin at the Quaker Seminary at Uxbridge, and he did not join his relatives inAmerica until 1714. Soon after his arrival he married the datighter of Thomaas Pearson,who was the close friend of Penn. Chester County was named by Pearson,… … ART AND ARTISTS OF OUR TIME. 163 pretty legend of Wests earliest attempt at painting; how, left alone at six years of age withhis sisters baby in her cradle, whom he was to watch while the mother was busied about thehouse, the boy was so struck with the beauty of the sleeping infant that, seeing at…
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