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Henry Inman    (American, 1801-1846)

 Henry Inman - The Children of Henry Livingston (Paintings) h: 42.5 x w: 60.5 in / h: 108 x w: 153.7 cm
Henry Inman
The Children of Henry Livingston 1827
 
  

Biography
1801 Born in Utica, New York
1827 Established his own studio in New York City
1826 - 1828 Worked in partnership with his pupil Thomas Cummings
1831 Moved briefly from New York to Philadelphia where he was a partner in a lithography firm.
1840 Inman had failing health
1846 Died shortly after a visit to England, and shortly after an exhibition was held in New York to raise money for his impoverished family.
Became the first vice-president of the National Academy of Design
Was a noted chronicler of the history of the West without having been there
Most of his short life was spent in New York City
Thomas L. McKenney, a newspaper editor who was compiling a history of North American Indian tribes, hired Inman to make careful copies of Indian portraits, most of them originally by Charles Bird King.
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