Joseph Blackburn, limner, in Portsmouth: Historical New Hampshire, by Elizabeth A. R. Aykroyd.
- Title:
- Joseph Blackburn, limner, in Portsmouth: Historical New Hampshire, by Elizabeth A. R. Aykroyd.
- Author:
- Aykroyd, Elizabeth A.R.,
- Call Number:
- 977.8 N5321h
- Publication Information:
- Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1975.
- Physical Description:
- p. 231-243; illustrated.
- Source:
- Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1975 Vol. 30, Issue 4 (Winter 1974) Historical New Hampshire
- Description:
- Joseph Blackburn, portrait painter, arrived in Boston in 1754. He subsequently lived in Portsmouth for several years before departing for England in 1763. He executed more that 130 portraits while in America. Although he was a minor artist who relied on a few formulae of pose and background and had 'difficulty in characterizing his subjects'. Blackburn left 'a valuable record of the merchant artistocracy of New England, particularly Portsmouth'.
- Subjects:
- Portrait painters.
- Organizations:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Periodicals History.
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