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RALPH EARLE (1751-1801)

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 796 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RALPH See also:EARLE (1751-1801)  , See also:American See also:historical and portrait painter, was See also:born at See also:Leicester, See also:Massachusetts, on the 11th of May 1751 . Like so many of the colonial craftsmen, See also:Earle was self-taught, and for many years was an itinerant painter . He went with the See also:Governor's Guard to See also:Lexington and made See also:battle sketches, from which in 1775 he painted four scenes, engraved by See also:Amos Doolittle, which are probably the first historical paintings by an American . After the See also:War of See also:Independence, Earle went to See also:London, entered the studio of See also:Benjamin' See also:West, and painted the See also:king and many notables . After his return to See also:America in 1786 he made portraits of See also:Timothy See also:Dwight, Governor See also:Caleb Strong, See also:Roger See also:Sherman, and other prominent men . He also painted a large picture of See also:Niagara Falls . He died at See also:Bolton, See also:Connecticut, on the 16th of See also:August 18o1 .

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