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Birth
1828 (Huntington, Pennsylvania)
Death
1907 (Youngstown, Ohio)
Lived/Active
Pennsylvania
Often Known For
portrait paintings
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JOHN G. CHAPLIN
Born November 30, 1828, in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, John G. Chaplin was the oldest child of Levi and Sophia Norris Chaplin. From his father, John learned the trade of barbering, a traditional occupation of middle-class free blacks of that era. But simultaneously, throughout his lifetime, John Chaplin pursued a career as a painter of portraits and Biblical and literary tableaux.
He is reported to have been sent as a young man to study with R (showing 500 of 2525 characters). |
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