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Birth
1720 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Death
1784 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Lived/Active
Pennsylvania
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house painter, glazier
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As one of Pennsylvania's earliest artists, James Claypoole Sr was
active as a house painter and glazier and possibly portrait
painter. He was the son of Joseph and Edith Ward Claypoole and the father of the portrait painter, James
Claypoole Jr, The details of his career and those of his son are sometimes
confused.
James Claypoole Sr. was Matthew Pratt's teacher until 1755.
Although some accounts give his place of death as Jamaica and the death date as 1796, the (showing 500 of 1414 characters). |
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