Nathaniel Smibert
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
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][3]
Image gallery
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Portrait of Ezra Stiles, 1756
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Portrait of John Lovell, 18th century
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Portrait of an unidentified man, attributed to Nathaniel Smibert, 18th century
References
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- ^ Boston Gazette, or Weekly Journal, 8 November 1756
- ^ Richard H. Saunders. John Smibert: Colonial America's First Portrait Pinter. Yale University Press, 1995.
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Further reading
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bénézit, Emmanuel (2006) [first published in French in 1911–1923]. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Vol. 12. Paris: Gründ. pp. 1349. ISBN 2-7000-3082-6 – via the Internet Archive.
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