1751- 1801
Ralph Earl Galleries
Ralph Earl was born in either Shrewsbury or Leicester, Massachusetts. By 1774, he was working in New Haven, Connecticut as a portrait painter. In the autumn of 1774, Earl returned to Leicester, Massachusetts to marry his cousin, Sarah Gates. A few months later, their daughter was born; however, Earl left them both with Sarah's parents and returned to New Haven.
Like so many of the colonial craftsmen, Earl was self-taught, and for many years was an itinerant painter. In 1775, Earl visited Lexington and Concord, which were the sites of recent battles in the American Revolution. Together with engraver Amos Doolittle, he painted four of his most famous pictures, all battle scenes.
Although his father was a colonel in the Revolutionary army, Ralph Earl himself was a Loyalist. In 1778, he left behind his wife and daughter and escaped to England by disguising himself as the servant of British army captain John Money.
Mrs. Adam Babcock
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"Mrs. Adam Babcock," oil on canvas, by the American artist Ralph Earl. 50 in. x 40 in. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. Image courtesy of The Athenaeum.
1774(1774)
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John Davenport
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"John Davenport (1750-1830), B.A. 1770, M.A. 1773," oil on canvas, by the American artist Ralph Earl. 47 7/8 in. x 40 in. Gift of Miss Harriett C. Davenport to Davenport College, Yale. Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von Steuben
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"Major General Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus, Baron von Steuben," oil on canvas, by the American artist Ralph Earl. 49 3/4 in. x 41 3/8 in. Yale University Art Gallery, gift of Mrs. Paul Moore in memory of her nephew Howard Melville Hanna, Jr., B.S. 1931. Courtesy of Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
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John Davenport
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English: "John Davenport (1750-1830), B.A. 1770, M.A. 1773," oil on canvas, by the American artist Ralph Earl. 47 7/8 in. x 40 in. Gift of Miss Harriett C. Davenport to Davenport College, Yale. Courtesy of the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Date 1791
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