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 . ADOLF ULRIC WERTMULLER BY HIMSELF. DR. ENOCH EDWARDS BY BENJAMIN WEST EARLY AMERICAN PAINTINGS BENJAMIN WEST 1738-1820 Portrait and history painter. Born in Springfield Township,Delaware County, Pennsylvania; died in London, some instruction from a painter named Williams, hewent to Philadelphia as a portrait painter, thence to NewYork City; in 1760 to Italy; and in 1763 settled in 1772 made historical painter
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 . ADOLF ULRIC WERTMULLER BY HIMSELF. DR. ENOCH EDWARDS BY BENJAMIN WEST EARLY AMERICAN PAINTINGS BENJAMIN WEST 1738-1820 Portrait and history painter. Born in Springfield Township,Delaware County, Pennsylvania; died in London, some instruction from a painter named Williams, hewent to Philadelphia as a portrait painter, thence to NewYork City; in 1760 to Italy; and in 1763 settled in 1772 made historical painter to George III; West suc-ceeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as president of the Royal Acad-emy. In his studio many of the American artists of the dayreceived their training. 1 ?2 DR. ENOCH EDWARDS (1751-1802). *J Edwards was a son of Alexander Edwards and wasborn in Lower Dublin Township, Pa. He married in ChristChurch, Philadelphia, 1779, Frances Gordon. He was amember of the Provincial Conference held in CarpentersHall, June 18, 1776. He served as a surgeon during theRevolutionary War, and was attending physician to GeneralWashington. He was a delegate to the Pennsylvania Con-vention on the a
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