James Earl

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James Earl
BornMay 1, 1761
Leicester, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 18, 1796(1796-08-18) (aged 35)
Charleston, South Carolina
EducationRoyal Academy of Arts
RelativesRalph Earl (brother)
Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (nephew)

James Earl (May 1, 1761 – August 18, 1796) was an American painter, and younger brother of fellow portrait painter Ralph Earl.

Life and career

James Earl was born May 1, 1761, in Leicester, Massachusetts. He lived and worked in London, England 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.[1][2]

Earl died on August 18, 1796, of yellow fever in Charleston, South Carolina.

References

  1. ^ "Early American Paintings". Worcester Art Museum. Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  2. ^ 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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