About Nathaniel Smybert
Lived 1734 – 1756 (aged 22). Nathaniel Smybert was an American painter.
Nathaniel Smibert (January 20, 1734 – November 8, 1756), was an American colonial artist in Boston, Province of Massachusetts, active in the mid-18th century. He is considered to be the first portrait painter in America.
Biography Born in Boston in 1734, Nathaniel Smibert trained as a painter with his father, artist John Smibert. He painted several portraits, notably of Ezra Stiles, architect Peter Harrison, and Dorothy Wendell (in the Collection of Dr John L Hale, Boston). Smibert died young in 1756, at the age of twenty-two.
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American artist (1734-1756)
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Nathaniel Smybert was born on 20 January 1734 in Boston.
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Nathaniel Smybert died on 8 November 1756 in Boston.
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Nathaniel Smybert was a painter.
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