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 . MARY BALL WASHINGTON BY ROBERT EDGE PINE. MRS. PETER DE LANCEY BY MATTHEW PRATT EARLY AMERICAN PAINTINGS MATTHEW PRATT 1734-1805 Born in Philadelphia, the son of a goldsmith, he was appren-ticed at fifteen to his uncle, James Claypool, a limner andpainter in general. He went to England in 1764, where heremained for four years. In 1770, he went again to Englandand Ireland, but only for a very short time, and returned toPhiladelphia, n
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 . MARY BALL WASHINGTON BY ROBERT EDGE PINE. MRS. PETER DE LANCEY BY MATTHEW PRATT EARLY AMERICAN PAINTINGS MATTHEW PRATT 1734-1805 Born in Philadelphia, the son of a goldsmith, he was appren-ticed at fifteen to his uncle, James Claypool, a limner andpainter in general. He went to England in 1764, where heremained for four years. In 1770, he went again to Englandand Ireland, but only for a very short time, and returned toPhiladelphia, never to leave it again. He is said to havepainted the earliest portrait of Benjamin Franklin. He is theauthor of a number of portraits and miniatures, and of manysigns for public houses, of high character, well colored andwell composed, all of which have disappeared. 77 MRS. PETER DE LANCEY (1719-1784). Elizabeth Colden, daughter of Lieutenant-Governor CadwalladerColden, married in 1737 or 1738, Peter De Lancey (1705-1770), a man of great wealth and influence in New York whosat in the Assembly for eighteen consecutive years. Theyhad twelve children, seven sons and five daughters, from whomthere ar
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