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| Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, Jacob Abbott became known for cartoons, illustrations, and watercolor paintings.
He was educated at Harvard University where he drew cartoons for the "Lampoon" and served in World War II. He spent several years in the bond business in New York and then moved to Altadena, California in the late 1920s and early 1930s. By 1935, he was living in Montgomery, Pennsylvania where he remained until his death.
Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" |
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