About John Alexander McDougall
Lived 1810 – 1894 (aged 83–84). John Alexander McDougall was an American painter and miniature painter.
John Alexander McDougall (c.1810–1894) (One contemporary obituary lists his birth date as February 12, 1812, or "1810/11".) His miniatures, some of which were unusually small, are found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art He died in Newark on July 29, 1894. He had a daughter and five sons, including the cartoonist Walt McDougall, the artist John A. McDougall Jr. (also a miniaturist), and Harry C. McDougall, proprietor of the Newark Sunday Call.
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Who was John Alexander McDougall?
American artist
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John Alexander McDougall was born in 1810 in Livingston.
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John Alexander McDougall died on 29 July 1894 in Newark.
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John Alexander McDougall was a painter and miniature painter.
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John Alexander McDougall was American.
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