John Smibert (1688-1751)

Aliases: John Smybert

Professions: Painter

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  ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN SMIBERT 1688 - 1751

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  JOHN SMIBERT (ANGLO/AMERICAN 1688-1751). PORTRAIT OF THE REVEREND JOSHUA GEE, PASTOR OF THE SECOND CHURCH OF BOSTON, CIRCA 1734-36.

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  JOHN SMIBERT

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  Circle of John Smibert (Edinburgh 1688-1751 Boston)

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John Smibert Biography

(b Edinburgh, 24 March 1688; d Boston, 2 April 1751). American painter of Scottish birth. From 1702 to 1709 he was apprenticed to a house painter and plasterer in Edinburgh. He set out for London at the end of his apprenticeship, about which time he began recording in a Notebook the events of his life and in succeeding years the details of his travels and records of his painting activities.

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