 J. F. Hankes is primarily known as Jarvis Frary (Jervis) Hanks
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A drummer boy during the War of 1812, Jarvis Frary Hanks began his work as an artist as a sign painter in Wheeling, West Virginia in 1817, but he ever had a passion for music. In 1819, he moved to Gallipolis, Ohio and formed a partnership in a sign painting firm. He also began painting portraits, and in 1823 went to Philadelphia, hoping to become a student of Thomas Sully. But he did not succeed, so he spent time copying Old Masters and American artists.
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