Frederick James

Frederick E. James (c. 1845 – 17 July 1907) was an American artist. He was noted for his depictions of 18th-century American life.

James was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He trained first at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later under the famed French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. He died in Percé, Quebec, Canada.

Portraits by him of Benjamin Franklin, Stephen Girard, and the Marquis de Lafayette hang in the Masonic Temple in Philadelphia.

Works

"A Colonial Wedding", 1883.

"Canadian Kitchen" "Mischianza" , 1881. "The Introduction" "The Card Player"