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Birth
1734 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Death
1805 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Lived/Active
Pennsylvania
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Born in Philadelphia, Matthew Pratt was a well-known portraitist and sign painter during the Revolution period of Colonial America.
He was born in Philadelphia and apprenticed to his uncle, James Claypoole Sr., an itinerant artist. A major career boost for Pratt occurred when he went to London to the wedding of a relative who was marrying Benjamin West, an American painter who was gaining a distinguished reputation in England. Pratt stayed on with West, becoming his first American pupil (showing 500 of 1434 characters). |
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