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| | Born in Pennsylvania in 1814. Williams arrived in California with the Gold Rush. By 1858 he was living in Marysville and then settled in San Francisco where he was active until 1881. Exh: Artists Fund Society, 1837; Calif. State Fair, 1858; Calif. Art Union, 1865. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (Groce, George C. and David H. Wallace); California State Library (Sacramento); Artists of the American West (Doris Dawdy). | | 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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