Early American paintings; catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of the Brooklyn instituteof arts and sciences, Brooklyn, February 3d to March 12th, 1917 . 7-1775. He was one of the original founders and trustees ofthe Society Library in 1754, and presented its first clock tothe New York Exchange in 1760. He assisted in organizingthe New York City Hospital. Because of his British sympa-thies he was obliged to flee to England in 1775, at the out-break of the war, never returning to this country. His largeestate was declared confiscated, but at the end of the war itwas partly repurchased
Early American paintings; catalogue of an exhibition held in the Museum of the Brooklyn instituteof arts and sciences, Brooklyn, February 3d to March 12th, 1917 . 7-1775. He was one of the original founders and trustees ofthe Society Library in 1754, and presented its first clock tothe New York Exchange in 1760. He assisted in organizingthe New York City Hospital. Because of his British sympa-thies he was obliged to flee to England in 1775, at the out-break of the war, never returning to this country. His largeestate was declared confiscated, but at the end of the war itwas partly repurchased and reconveyed on July 1, 1784, tohis sons, Robert and John. One of his daughters, Ann, marriedCaptain Archibald Kennedy, of the Royal Navy, who becameeleventh Earl of Cassilis. Their son, the twelfth Earl, wasborn in this country. This portrait has been in the possession of the family untilrecently. The sitter left it to his eldest son Robert Watts,who bequeathed it to his son Ridley Watts. The latter leftit to his son Robert Watts, whose son, Dr. Robert Watts,was the last canvas: H. 30 inches; W. 25 inches. The property of the Brooklyn JOHN WATTS, SR., BY GILBERT STUART
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