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Birth
1868 (Gouverneur, New York)
Death
1937 (Dorset, VT.)
Lived/Active
New York
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Portraitist Edwin Child was born in Gouverneur, New York. He succeeded several painters in the family, the most notable being Sarah Goodridge, a miniaturist and friend of Gilbert Stuart. Edwin and his brother were sons of a Baptist minister. They aroused comment by going to New York as artists, Edwin as a painter and his brother as a musician.
Child grew up in the fishing village of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, and graduated from Amherst College, where he was captain of the track team. He sp (showing 500 of 2284 characters). |
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