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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:: 76602
Portrat des William Carpenter
1779(1779)
Oil on canvas
120 x 89 cm (47.2 x 35 in)
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Painting ID:: 76674
Portrait of Marinus Willett
ca. 1791(1791)
Oil on canvas
91.3 ?? 56 in (231.8 ?? 142.2 cm)
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Painting ID:: 78455
Portrait of William Carpenter
1779(1779)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 120 x 89 cm (47.2 x 35 in)
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Painting ID:: 78786
Clarissa Seymour
1789(1789)
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 120.8 x 91.3 cm (47.6 x 35.9 in)
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Painting ID:: 79142
Mrs. William Moseley (Laura Wolcott), (1761-1814) and her son Charles (1786-1815)
1791(1791)
Oil on canvas
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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: | Henri Gascar | Thomas Alder | william wordsworth | Raphael | Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk |
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