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See also: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
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Like so many of the colonial craftsmen, See also:Earle was self-taught, and for many years was an itinerant painter
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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
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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: |
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