James Earl
American painter
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James Earl (May 1, 1761 – August 18, 1796) was an American painter, and younger brother of fellow portrait painter Ralph Earl.
BornMay 1, 1761
DiedAugust 18, 1796 (aged 35)
EducationRoyal Academy of Arts
RelativesRalph Earl (brother)
Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (nephew)
Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (nephew)
James Earl | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 1, 1761 |
| Died | August 18, 1796 (aged 35) |
| Education | Royal Academy of Arts |
| Relatives | Ralph Earl (brother) Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl (nephew) |
Life and career
James Earl was born May 1, 1761, in Leicester, Massachusetts. He lived and worked in London, England for ten years, where he married and had three children and enrolled in the Royal Academy in 1789. His British clientele were mostly Loyalists living in exile, though there is no evidence that he was a committed Loyalist himself.
Among his best known works are Rebecca Pritchard Mills and Her Daughter Eliza Shrewsbury (ca. 1795) and a portrait of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.[1][2]
Earl died on August 18, 1796, of yellow fever in Charleston, South Carolina.
