Artists
Name | Info | Years
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Hunten, F. G. W. | Active ca. 1850 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Hesselius, John | ![]()
John
Hesselius (1728–1778) was a portraitist who worked mostly in Virginia and
Maryland. He was the son of the Swedish-born portraitist Gustavus Hesselius.
Background
John
Hesselius was most likely born in Philadelphia, where his father owned a house
to satisfy clients. Claims that he was born in Prince Georges County, Maryland
are unfounded,... | 1728 - 1778 | Anonymous | 04/05/2012 |
Hathaway, Rufus | 1770 - 1822 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Hill, John | ![]()
John Hill
was born in London in 1770, and was apprenticed as a youth to an engraver in
that city. He became interested in the process of aquatinting, a technique
wherein a metal plate is etched several times in order to create tonal
gradations, resulting in a print that is easier to hand-color due to the
variety of subtle tones produced. Hill began... | 1770 - 1850 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Hicks, Edward | ![]()
Edward
Hicks (April 4, 1780 – August 23, 1849) was an American folk painter, a
distinguished minister of the Society of Friends, and he also became a Quaker
icon because of his paintings.
Life and career
Early life
Edward
Hicks was born in his grandfather's mansion at Attleboro (now Langhorne), in
Bucks County, Pennsylvania. His parents were... | 1780 - 1849 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 |
Howell, Parmenas | 1784 - 1808 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Hudson Jr., William | 1787 - after 1858 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
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 |
Howard, Joseph | 1789 - 1857 | Anonymous | 05/16/2012 | |
Hall, Anne | 1792 - 1863 | Anonymous | 04/21/2012 |