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Ralph Earl
1751- 1801
Ralph Earl Galleries
Ralph Earl was born in either Shrewsbury or Leicester, Massachusetts. By 1774, he was working in New Haven, Connecticut as a portrait painter. In the autumn of 1774, Earl returned to Leicester, Massachusetts to marry his cousin, Sarah Gates. A few months later, their daughter was born; however, Earl left them both with Sarah's parents and returned to New Haven.
Like so many of the colonial craftsmen, Earl was self-taught, and for many years was an itinerant painter. In 1775, Earl visited Lexington and Concord, which were the sites of recent battles in the American Revolution. Together with engraver Amos Doolittle, he painted four of his most famous pictures, all battle scenes.
Although his father was a colonel in the Revolutionary army, Ralph Earl himself was a Loyalist. In 1778, he left behind his wife and daughter and escaped to England by disguising himself as the servant of British army captain John Money.
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Painting ID:: 50510
Man and woman
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1792
Oil on canvas
76x86in
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Painting ID:: 50511
Mother and her Daughter
mk212
c.1794-96
Oil on canvas
49x50in
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Painting ID:: 71015
Robert Boyd
ca. 1788(1788)
Oil on canvas
85.1 x 68.4 cm (33.5 x 26.93 in)
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Painting ID:: 71611
Marinus Willett
"Marinus Willett," oil on canvas, by the American painter Ralph Earl. 91.25 in. x 56 in. Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Image courtesy of The Athenaeum.
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Painting ID:: 72172
Robert Boyd
Date ca. 1788(1788)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 85.1 X 68.4 cm (33.5 X 26.93 in)
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Ralph Earl
1751- 1801
Ralph Earl Galleries
Ralph Earl was born in either Shrewsbury or Leicester, Massachusetts. By 1774, he was working in New Haven, Connecticut as a portrait painter. In the autumn of 1774, Earl returned to Leicester, Massachusetts to marry his cousin, Sarah Gates. A few months later, their daughter was born; however, Earl left them both with Sarah's parents and returned to New Haven.
Like so many of the colonial craftsmen, Earl was self-taught, and for many years was an itinerant painter. In 1775, Earl visited Lexington and Concord, which were the sites of recent battles in the American Revolution. Together with engraver Amos Doolittle, he painted four of his most famous pictures, all battle scenes.
Although his father was a colonel in the Revolutionary army, Ralph Earl himself was a Loyalist. In 1778, he left behind his wife and daughter and escaped to England by disguising himself as the servant of British army captain John Money.
. Related Artists to Ralph Earl: | Alonzo Cano | George French Angas | Janssens van Ceulen | Julien Dupre | Bundy Horace |
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