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Smibert, John
(b Edinburgh, 24 March 1688; d Boston, 2 April 1751). American painter of Scottish birth. From 1702 to 1709 he was apprenticed to a house painter and plasterer in Edinburgh. He set out for London at the end of his apprenticeship, about which time he began recording in a Notebook the events of his life and in succeeding years the details of his travels and records of his painting activities.
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- Smibert, John
- Boston, §II: Art life and organization
- Edinburgh, §2: Art life and organization
- Newport
- New York, §II, 1: Art life and organization, before c 1778
- Scotland, §III, 2: Painting and graphic arts, 1700–1850
- USA, §XIV, 1: Museums: Early developments, mid-18th century to the mid-19th
- patrons and collectors
- reproductive prints by others
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