1829-1912 Related Paintings of william r clark :. | nansen har sjalv gjort den har teckningen av manringar och skuffmanar under en palarnatt i november 1893 | wilfred thesigers expedition rastar pa toppen av en sanddyn under ritten genom det tomma landet | med den har utrustningen kande vetenskaps mannen pa challenger ta prover pa 6000 meters djup. | nicclo och maffeo polo forbereder sig for resan till kublai khans hov i peking | australier narmar sig forsiktigt en upptacktsresan des lager i odemarken. | Related Artists:
POLACK, JanPolish Northern Renaissance Painter, died 1519
GELDER, Aert deDutch Baroque Era Painter, 1645-1727
James Sharples (1751 or 1752 in Lancashire - 26 February 1811 in New York ) was an English portrait painter and pastelist, who moved to the United States in 1794. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1779.
James was first intended for the Catholic priesthood, but became an artist instead.Sharples headed a family of successful portrait artists, including his third wife Ellen Sharples. He had four children, George by his first wife, Felix Thomas Sharples from his second marriage (c. 1786- after 1823), and James Sharples Jr.(c. 1788-1839) and daughter Rolinda Sharples (1793-1838) with this third wife, Ellen. Felix, James Jr. and Rolinda joined the family enterprise at ages 17, 15, and 13 respectively. Before marrying Ellen Wallace, James had been active in Bristol, Liverpool and Bath, where he taught drawing. Ellen was a lady of French extraction who had relations in America. The family left for the United States in 1796, but, according to Ellen's diaries, their ship fell into the hands of the French, and for seven months the family spent time in Brest, near Cherbourg. Landing in New York, James quickly became popular for his small portraits in pastel and his miniatures. From 1796 to 1801 he worked mainly in Philadelphia and New York, securing portrait commissions. The family traveled throughout New England region as itinerant portrait painters, looking for work and making inexpensive copies from the originals portraits they had made of popular and well-known figures, such as George Washington and James Madison.
