James Sharples was an English portrait painter and pastelist, who moved to the United States in 1794. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1779.
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George Washington depicted on a postage stamp in 1895, based on an engraving taken from Sharples' 1741 portrait![A portrait of Rufus Putnam painted in 1796 and 1777 and now in the collection of Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia[2]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/PUTNAM_exb.jpg/330px-PUTNAM_exb.jpg)
A portrait of Rufus Putnam painted in 1796 and 1777 and now in the collection of Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia[2]
Carlos Martínez de Irujo y Tacón, Pastel attributed to James Sharples, Sr.
Portraits of a man and a woman, by James Sharples
"Mad" Anthony Wayne, commander of the Legion of the United States by Sharples
William Hull by Sharples about 1800In their orbit 2
Artists born in the 1750s 6
About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1751 to 1811 · aged 60
Written about in
8 languages
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