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 . ught by his stepfather,Peter Pelham, the painter and engraver, who died in Bostonin 1751, and perhaps also by Jonathan Blackburn. He paintedportraits and historical scenes. Having met with materialsuccess in America, he decided to study the art of the OldWorld and went to Italy in 1774. In 1775 he went to Englandand settled in London where his wife and family joined died in England. The Life of Copley by A. T. Perkinslists two
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 . ught by his stepfather,Peter Pelham, the painter and engraver, who died in Bostonin 1751, and perhaps also by Jonathan Blackburn. He paintedportraits and historical scenes. Having met with materialsuccess in America, he decided to study the art of the OldWorld and went to Italy in 1774. In 1775 he went to Englandand settled in London where his wife and family joined died in England. The Life of Copley by A. T. Perkinslists two hundred and sixty-nine oil-paintings, thirty-five cray-ons, and fourteen miniatures. o ADAM BABCOCK (1740-1817). Born in Westerly,^ Rhode Island, the son of the famous physician, Dr. JoshuaBabcock, and of Hannah Stanton Babcock (whose portrait byJonathan Blackburn, is No. 7 of this exhibition), AdamBabcock was a successful merchant of Boston, where he the collection of Rev. Edwin A. Blake, of Brooklyn,Connecticut, his grandson. See Babcocks Genealogy and Updikes canvas: H. 451^ inches; W. 36 inches. Lent by Miss A. G. Chapman. 8. ADAM BABCOCK BY JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY
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