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Barralet, John James (1747-1815)

Name:
Barralet, John James (1747-1815)
Born:
1747
Birthplace:
Dublin, Ireland
Died:
01/17/1815
Death Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Residence:
Dublin, Ireland 1747-1770, 1779-1795
London, England 1770-1779
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1795-1815
Nationality:
Irish
Occupation:
Artist
Drawing Teacher
Engraver
Book Illustrator
Relations:
Brother of artist John Melchior Barralet (1750-1787)
Partnership, Lawson and Barralet, Philadelphia
(Alexander Lawson and John James Barralet)
Partnership, Chaudron and Barralet, Philadelphia, 1802
(Simon Chaudron and John James Barralet)
Spouse:
Lydia
Children:
John James, born 1777
Richard Anthony, born 1781; died 1835
Ann Maria, born 1782
Samuel, born 1793
Susan, born 1794
Notes:
"Apotheosis of Washington," Philadelphia Gazette, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1802.

Death Notice, Poulson's American Daily Advertiser, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 18, 1815.

William Dunlap, History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States. Volume II. (Boston, Massachusetts: C. E. Goodspeed Co., 1918), 170-173.

Phoebe L. Jacobs, "John James Barralet and the Apotheosis of Washington," Winterthur Portfolio, 12(1977), 116-137.

Robert L. Raley, "John James Barralet in Dublin and Philadelphia," Irish Arts Review, 19-25.
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