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GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER HEALY (1808-1894)

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Originally appearing in Volume V13, Page 122 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE See also:PETER See also:ALEXANDER See also:HEALY (1808-1894)  , See also:American painter, was See also:born in See also:Boston, See also:Massachusetts, on the 15th of See also:July 18o8 . Going to See also:Europe in 1835 See also:Healy studied under See also:Baron See also:Gros in See also:Paris and in See also:Rome . He received a third-class See also:medal in Paris in 1840, and one of the second class in 1855, when he exhibited his " See also:Franklin urging the claims of the American Colonies before See also:Louis XVI . Among his portraits of eminent men are those of See also:Webster, See also:Clay, See also:Calhoun, See also:Guyot, See also:Seward, Louis Philippe, and the presidents of the See also:United States from See also:John See also:Quincy See also:Adams to See also:Grant-this See also:series being painted for the Corcoran See also:Gallery, See also:Washington . His large See also:group, " Webster replying to See also:Hayne," containing 150 portraits, is in Faneuil See also:Hall, Boston, See also:Mass . He was one of the most prolific and popular painters of his See also:day . He died in See also:Chicago, See also:Illinois, on the 24th of See also:June 1894 .

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