Catalogue (with biographical notes and illustrations) of the Sharples collection of pastel portraits and oil paintings, etc. . Born at New York Left New York for Clifton .. .. 1811. Died here 1838, aged 44. JAMES SHARPLES (Junior) :â Born .. .. 1789. Left New York for Clifton .. .. 1811. Died here 1839, aged 50. 5n flDemoriam. Inscription on Marble Scroll Tablet on Wall of North Aisle ofClifton Parish Church :â SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ELLEN SHARPLES BORN MARCH 4TH, I769. DIED MARCH I4TH, 1849. AGED 80. ENDEARED TO HER FRIENDS BY HER PRIVATE VIRTUES AND MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE NAME OF S
Catalogue (with biographical notes and illustrations) of the Sharples collection of pastel portraits and oil paintings, etc. . Born at New York Left New York for Clifton .. .. 1811. Died here 1838, aged 44. JAMES SHARPLES (Junior) :â Born .. .. 1789. Left New York for Clifton .. .. 1811. Died here 1839, aged 50. 5n flDemoriam. Inscription on Marble Scroll Tablet on Wall of North Aisle ofClifton Parish Church :â SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ELLEN SHARPLES BORN MARCH 4TH, I769. DIED MARCH I4TH, 1849. AGED 80. ENDEARED TO HER FRIENDS BY HER PRIVATE VIRTUES AND MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE NAME OF ShARPLES WILL LIVE IN THE PUBLIC ESTEEM AND REMEMBRANCE IN CONNEXION WITH THE BRISTOL ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS OF WHICH THIS LADY DESERVES TO BE REGARDED ^ AS THE MUNIFICENT FOUNDRESS. On a flat Pennant Tombstone in Clifton Parish Churchyard SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ROLINDA SHARPLES WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE > FEBRUARY lOTH, 1838. ALSO OF JAMES SHARPLES BROTHER OF THE ABOVE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGUST lOTH, 1839. ALSO OF ELLEN, MOTHER OF THE ABOVE ROLINDA AND James Sharples WHO DIED march I4TH, 80 YEARS,. GENERAL WASHINGTON, First President of the United States. No. 1, CATALOGUE (WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE NOTES) OF THE SHARPIES COLLECTION. (Nos. 1-92 in Ante-room; 93-97 in Gallery V.) Nos. 1-57. PASTEL PORTRAITS BY JAMES SHARPLES (1750-1811).Size : 7 in. by 9 in. 1. GENERAL WASHINGTON (1723-1799). U. ^ - cy Famous American soldier and statesman, the first ^ President of the United States. Born in Westmore-land County 1732. Son of a Virginia planter. Atschool until sixteen years of age. Engaged insurveying 1748-51. Adjutant Virginia troops Mount Vernon on his brothers death commander of a military district 1753. Ap-pointed Lieutenant-Colonel 1754. After serviceagainst the French commanded on the frontier1755-7- Married Martha Custis 1758 (see 2) andsettled as a planter at Mount Vernon. AppointedCommander-in-Chief of the Continental Fo
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