Article: Peter Pelham

Article: THE PETER PELHAM MANUSCRIPT OF 1744: An Early ...
The American Organist;  July 1, 2006 ;     543 words ...THE PETER PELHAM MANUSCRIPT OF 1744: An Early American ... Leupold Editions WL600204, $24. Peter Pelham was born in England in 1721 and at ... for children. At the age of twelve, Peter Pelham began a nine-year apprenticeship ...

Article: COLUMN: Peter Pelham, savior of Mount Vernon ...
University Wire;  May 5, 2005 ;     598 words ... ... year accredited college for young women. For 15 years, Peter Pelham held the reins of power at Mount Vernon College -- today ... and relocation, passed the presidency to 31-year old Peter Pelham in 1962, the closing of an era and the beginning of another ...

Article: Antiques.(colonialism in paitings of John Singleton ...
The Magazine Antiques;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... 1855" Colonial painting in America came to full flower in the work of John Singleton Copley. Aside from the advice he may have received from his stepfather Peter Pelham and John Smibert, he was largely self-taught. And like so many other ...

Article: John Singleton Copley
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...John Singleton Copley The portraits of the American painter John Singleton Copley (1738-1815), outstanding ... as portraits. John Singleton Copley was born on July 3 ... and schoolmaster Peter Pelham. Copley's earliest ...

Article: An American artist's British masterpieces. (colonial painter John ...
USA Today (Magazine);  November 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... for his colonial portraits, John Singleton Copley's dramatic depictions of contemporary ... wave of historical paintings. JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, well-known as the finest American ... his works in an exhibition, "John Singleton Copley in England." Largely self-taught ...

Encyclopedia entry: John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst, Baron
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      419 words ...John Singleton Copley Lyndhurst, Baron 1772-1863, British jurist, b. Boston, Mass.; son of John Singleton Copley , the American painter. Educated in England, he was called to the bar in 1804. He attained notice by his successful defense ...

Article: John Singleton Copley in America.(Brief Article)
Contemporary Review;  June 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... American art. The first great American artist was John Singleton Copley, whose portraits of colonial worthies are familiar to ... making its way round various American galleries. John Singleton Copley in America shows what a truly splendid artist he was ...