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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
Portrait of Helen M. Staples of Hanover, Maine, Preceptress of Hepburn Academy
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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Born in East Haddam, Connecticut on January 14, 1792, William Jewett worked on his family farm until age 16 and then apprenticed as a paint mixer for a coachmaker in New London. In 1812, when he was age 20, he became a student of Samuel Waldo and his acceptance of Waldo's invitation to come to New York caused Jewett to have to pay severance money to the coachmaker.
Jewett and Waldo painted together in the Hudson River Valley, and in 1818, relieved of his financial debt, Jewett went into (showing 500 of 1522 characters). |
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