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HENRY PETERS GRAY (1819-18/7)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 391 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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HENRY See also:PETERS See also:GRAY (1819-18/7)  , See also:American portrait and genre painter, was See also:born in New See also:York on the 23rd of See also:June 1819 . He was a See also:pupil of See also:Daniel See also:Huntington there, and subsequently studied in . See also:Rome and See also:Florence . Elected a member of the See also:National See also:Academy of See also:Design in 1842, he succeeded Huntington as See also:president in 1870, holding the position until 1871 . The later years of his See also:life were devoted to portrait See also:work . He was strongly influenced by the old See also:Italian masters, See also:painting in mellow See also:colour with a classical tendency . One of his notable canvases was an allegorical See also:composition called " The See also:Birth of our See also:Flag " (1875) . He died in New York See also:City on the 12th of See also:November 1877 .

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