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| | Born in Ohio in 1819. While living in Cincinnati, Hill joined the U.S. Infantry in 1846 and made the cross-country trek to the West. He sketched while on the Platte River in Colorado and was discharged in October of 1847 in Monterey, CA. His view of Monterey was lithographed by a firm in Cincinnati. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy); New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (Groce, George C. and David H. Wallace); Kennedy Quarterly, June 1968. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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