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| Name | Info | Years
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| Wheeler, William Ruthven | ![]() William Ruthven Wheeler was basically a portrait painter, but he did produce some landscapes.
His first instruction came at an early age from an itinerant miniature painter, and he began his profession at the age of fifteen. At the age of 28 he studied for a short time in Detroit under Alvan Bradish. He moved to Hartford, Connecticut about 1862... | 1832 - 1894 | Anonymous | 12/22/2012 |
| Boughton, George Henry | ![]()
George
Henry Boughton (December 4, 1833 – January 19, 1905)[1] was an
Anglo-American landscape and genre painter, illustrator and writer.
Life and work
Boughton
was born in Norwich in Norfolk, England, the son of farmer William Boughton. The
family emigrated to the United States in 1835,[2] and he grew up in Albany, New
York where he started... | 1833 - 1905 | Anonymous | 04/09/2012 |
| Richards, William Trost | ![]()
William
Trost Richards (June 3, 1833 - April 17, 1905) was an American landscape artist
associated with both the Hudson River School and the American Pre-Raphaelite
movement.
Biography
William Trost
Richards was born on 3 June 1833 in Philadelphia. In 1846 and 1847 he attended
the local Central High School. Between 1850 and 1855 he studied... | 1833 - 1905 | Anonymous | 05/20/2012 |
| Smillie, James David | ![]()
James David Smillie (January 16, 1833 - September 14, 1909), American artist, was born in New York City.
His father, James Smillie (1807-1885), a Scottish engraver, emigrated to New York in 1829, was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1851, did much, with his brother William C. (1813-1908), to develop the engraving of bank-notes, and was an... | 1833 - 1909 | Anonymous | 05/22/2012 |
| Elder, John Adams | ![]()
Standing
amid the soldiers' and civilians' graves in the Confederate Cemetery on
Washington Avenue is a simple, elegant marker with the name "Elder"
etched across its face. To the casual observer, this tombstone would probably
blend in with the rest of the surroundings, but the seasoned art enthusiast or
historian would recognize it as the final... | 1833 - 1895 | Anonymous | 05/15/2012 |






