Shedd, Julia Ann Clark, 1834-1897 · Boston, J. R. Osgood and Company · leaf 280
f Quaker parentage. Hisfather was born and educated in England. He veryearly showed skill in drawing, and at nine years ofage he painted a picture in water-colors, which, in somepoints, he declared, in after life, he had never surpassed.At the age of sixteen he practised portrait-painting inthe… … THE NEW YORK* Lie LIBRARY >H. LENOXFOUNDATIONS 1738.] WEST. 235 Grantham, whose portrait he painted ; he became thefriend of Mengs ; and, as the first American painterever seen in Italy, lie attracted much attention. Hewas elected member of the academies of Florence,Bologna, and Parma. In 1763…
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