Artists
| Name | Info | Years
  | Updated by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopkins, Milton W. | 
Milton W.
Hopkins, the son of Hezekiah and Eunice Hubbell Hopkins, was born on 1 August
1789 in Harwinton, Connecticut. In 1800 the family moved to Clinton, New York.
In 1807 he returned to Connecticut, soon marrying Abigail Pollard of Guilford,
with whom he had a child. After Abigail's death in 1817, he wed Almira Adkins and moved to Evans Mill,... | 1789 - 1844 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |
| West, William Edward | 1788 - 1857 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 | |
| Goodridge, Sarah |
Sarah
Goodridge (February 5, 1788 – December 28, 1853) was an American painter
who specialized in miniatures. She was the older sister of Elizabeth (Eliza)
Goodridge, also an American miniaturist.
Goodridge
was born in Templeton, Massachusetts, the sixth child and third daughter of
Ebenezer Goodridge and his wife Beulah Childs. At an early age,... | 1788 - 1853 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
| Lewis, William | 1788 - after 1838 | Anonymous | 04/12/2012 | |
| Phillips, Ammi |
Ammi
Phillips painted for more than fifty years, producing perhaps as many as two
thousand portraits in so many disparate styles that his works were once thought
to be by several different artists. Currently about five hundred works can be
attributed to him, most sharing the characteristics of plain backgrounds,
strongly contrasting light and dark... | 1788 - 1865 | Anonymous | 03/31/2012 |
| Jouett, Matthew Harris |
Matthew Harris Jouett was born April 22, 1788, near Harrodsburg, in what became Mercer County, Kentucky. Except for a few trips outside the state in search of commissions, he would reside virtually all of his life in Kentucky. His father, Captain Jack Jouett, was known as the "Paul Revere of the South" in honor of his 1781 ride warning Southern... | 1788 - 1827 | Anonymous | 04/02/2012 |
| Ropes Jr., George |
George
Ropes, born in Salem, Massachusetts, on 15 May 1788, was a deaf mute. He was
one of nine children of a sea captain, George Ropes, Sr., and Seethe (Millet)
Ropes and had one sister who suffered from the same affliction as he. The
artist lived in Salem almost his entire life, except for the years 1798 to
1801, when his father decided to try... | 1788 - 1819 | Anonymous | 04/04/2012 |
| Krimmel, John Lewis |
John Lewis Krimmel (May 30, 1786-July 15, 1821), sometimes called "the American Hogarth" was America's first painter of genre scenes. Born in Germany, he emigrated to Philadelphia in 1809 and soon became a member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Initially influenced by Scotland's David Wilkie, England's William Hogarth and America's... | 1787 - 1821 | Anonymous | 04/03/2012 |
| Rogers, Nathaniel |
Nathaniel
Rogers gained his fame painting miniature portraits in New York City, but had
well-established roots on eastern Long Island. He was born in Bridgehampton on August
1, 1787, the son of John T. Rogers, a farmer, and Sarah Brown, the eldest daughter
of the second Presbyterian minister in Bridgehampton, James Brown. Within the
family he was... | 1787 - 1844 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Bennett, William James |
William Bennett was born in England. In 1799 the esteemed watercolor artist Richard Westall sponsored Bennett's entry into the Royal Academy of Art in London. Bennett showed an aptitude for landscape views, paying particular attention to topographical detail and the subtleties of light and atmosphere. Enrollment in the British forces in 1803 cut short... | 1787 - 1844 | Anonymous | 12/28/2012 |
