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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:: 4008
Portrait of Robert Sherman
1775
64 5/8 x 49 5/8 in
Yale University Art Gallery
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Painting ID:: 4009
Portrait of a Man with a Gun
1784
86 7/8 x 57 7/16 in
Worcester Art Museum, MA
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Painting ID:: 4010
Looking East from Denny Hill
1800
45 3/4 x 79 3/8 in
Worcester Art Museum, MA
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Painting ID:: 4011
Mary Ann Carpenter
1779
47 3/4 x 35 3/8 in
Worcester Art Museum, MA
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Painting ID:: 4012
Mrs Benjamin Tallmadge
Litchfield Historical Society
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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: | Antonio Rotta | Johan Christian Dahl | Edward Armitage | George Rowlandson | Hennessy, William John |
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