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John William Hill (1812-1879)

Aliases: J. W. Hill

Professions: Water color painter; Water colorist; copperplate engraver; Landscape painter; Painter; Illustrator

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    JOHN WILLIAM HILL (1812-1879)

    JOHN WILLIAM HILL (1812-1879)

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    JOHN WILLIAM HILL (1812-1879)

    JOHN WILLIAM HILL (1812-1879)

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    PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF READER'S DIGEST JOHN WILLIAM HILL 1812-1879 THE HUDSON RIVER FROM

    PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF READER'S DIGEST JOHN WILLIAM HILL 1812-1879 THE HUDSON RIVER FROM

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    John William Hill, 1812-1879 and John Henry Hill, 1839-1922 Miscellaneous group of watercolor drawings

    John William Hill, 1812-1879 and John Henry Hill, 1839-1922 Miscellaneous group of watercolor drawings

John William Hill Biography

(b London, 13 Jan 1812; d West Nyack, NY, 24 Sept 1879). Painter and illustrator, son of (1) John Hill. At the age of seven he moved to Philadelphia, PA, with his family. In 1822 he moved to New York, where he was apprenticed to his father for seven years. During this time, he worked on the aquatint plates for William Guy Wall’s Hudson River Portfolio (1821–5), which influenced his early paintings.

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    John William Hill, 1812-1879 and John Henry Hill, 1839-1922 Miscellaneous group of watercolor drawings

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    John William Hill, 1812-1879 and John Henry Hill, 1839-1922 Miscellaneous group of watercolor drawings

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    John William Hill, 1812-1879 and John Henry Hill, 1839-1922 Miscellaneous group of watercolor drawings

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    John William Hill

    John William Hill 1812-1879 and John Henry Hill 1839-1922 Miscellaneous group of approximately thirty watercolor...

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    John William Hill

    John William Hill 1812-1879 and John Henry Hill 1839-1922 Miscellaneous group of approximately thirty-two waterc...

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