Artists

NameInfoYears
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Hunten, F. G. W. Active ca. 1850Anonymous05/16/2012
Hesselius, Johnnotes
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 - 1778Anonymous04/05/2012
Hathaway, Rufus 1770 - 1822Anonymous05/16/2012
Hill, Johnnotes
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 - 1850Anonymous05/16/2012
Hicks, Edwardnotes
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 - 1849Anonymous05/16/2012
Howell, Parmenas 1784 - 1808Anonymous05/16/2012
Hudson Jr., William 1787 - after 1858Anonymous05/16/2012
Hopkins, Milton W.notes
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 - 1844Anonymous04/21/2012
Howard, Joseph 1789 - 1857Anonymous05/16/2012
Hall, Anne 1792 - 1863Anonymous04/21/2012
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