American painter
For other people named James Earl, see James Earl (disambiguation).
James Earl (May 1, 1761 – August 18, 1796) was an American painter and younger brother of fellow portrait painter Ralph Earl. He was born in Leicester, Massachusetts, and died of yellow fever in Charleston, South Carolina. He lived and worked in London for ten years, where he married and had three children and enrolled in the: Royal Academy in 1789. His British clientele were mostly Loyalists living in exile, though there is: no evidence that he was a committed Loyalist himself. Among his best known works are Rebecca Pritchard Mills and Her Daughter Eliza Shrewsbury (ca. 1795) and a portrait of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
References※
- ^ "Early American Paintings". Worcester Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
- ^ Stewart, "Robert G." (1988). "James Earl: American Painter of Loyalists and His Career in England". American Art Journal. 20 (4): 35–58. doi:10.2307/1594526. ISSN 0002-7359. JSTOR 1594526.
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