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Biography

He was born and raised in Pennsylvania. At the age of 25, he moved to London and stayed there for the rest of his life as he led a successful career as a painter. He was famed as the "American Raphael" by the British, and he was commissioned to paint for King George III.

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, June 3, 1859

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He was born and raised in Pennsylvania. At the age of 25, he moved to London and stayed there for the rest of his life as he led a successful career as a painter. He was famed as the "American Raphael" by the British, and he was commissioned to paint for King George III.
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Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889
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Source Citation Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. VI Source Information Ancestry.com. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.
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Find a Grave MEMORIAL ID 10905463
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BURIAL Saint Paul's Cathedral London, City of London, Greater London, England