HENRY INMAN (1801-1846)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V14,
Page 575
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also: - HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
HENRY INMAN (1801-1846)
, American artist, was born in Utica, New York, on the loth of October 18o1
.
Apprenticed to the painter John W
.
Jarvis at the age of fourteen, he left him after seven years and set up for himself, painting portraits, genre and landscape
.
He was one of the organizers of the National Academy of Design in New York and its first vice- president (from 1826 until 1832)
.
As a portrait painter he was highly successful both in New York and Philadelphia, and going to England in 1844, he had for sitters the Lord Chancellor ( Cottenham), the poet Wordsworth, Doctor Chalmers, Lord Macaulay and others
.
His American sitters included President Van Buren and Chief Justice Marshall
.
He died in New York City on the 17th of January 1846
.
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