John Smibert

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American artist (1688-1751)

United States ArtistsLived 1688 to 1751 · aged 63

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John Smibert was a Scottish-born painter who specialised in portrait painting and was the first academically trained artist to work in British America.

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The Bermuda Group (Dean Berkeley and His Entourage), begun in 1728, finished 1739. Yale University Art Gallery

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Plaque at Granary Burying Ground in Boston commemorating Smibert

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