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Nathaniel Smibert

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Nathaniel Smibert (January 20, 1734 – November 8, 1756), was an American colonial artist in Boston, Province of Massachusetts, active in the mid-18th century. He is considered to be the first portrait painter in America.

Biography

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Born in Boston in 1734, Nathaniel Smibert trained as a painter with his father, artist John Smibert. He painted several portraits, notably of Ezra Stiles, architect Peter Harrison, and Dorothy Wendell (in the Collection of Dr John L Hale, Boston). Smibert died young in 1756, at the age of twenty-two.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ Boston Gazette, or Weekly Journal, 8 November 1756
  2. ^ Richard H. Saunders. John Smibert: Colonial America's First Portrait Pinter. Yale University Press, 1995.
  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Smybert, John". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 281.

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