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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
full-length profile portrait of man in formal attire with top hat
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Born in Warwick, England, William Hubard became a portrait painter of historical interest, but his execution is considered awkward and ordinary. When he was a child, his early talent for cutting likenesses was discovered by a man named Smith, who took advantage of him. Smith brought Hubard to the United States in 1824, and Hubard, after 3 years in Boston and New York, broke away from him.
Gilbert Stuart persuaded Hubard to begin oil portraits, and with the help of Thomas Sully, he set up (showing 500 of 904 characters). |
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