Trial Strokes

19th century · Drawing

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Cambridge, United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

September 1801
Admitted to the Royal Academy Schools
Is admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in London when the painter Benjamin West is its president.
1803–1808
Museums of Paris and Italy
Visits the great museums of Paris and then, for several years, those of Italy.
February 1815
Death of his wife, Ann Channing
His wife dies, leaving him saddened, lonely and homesick for America.
1818
Returns to the United States, to Cambridge
Returns to the United States and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for twenty-five years. His nephews, the artists George Whiting Flagg and Jared Bradley Flagg, studied painting under him.
1827
First American exhibition, at the Boston Athenæum
Twelve of his paintings are shown at the Boston Athenæum, the first American exhibition of his work. He also exhibits five paintings at the National Academy of Design.
9 July 1843
Death at the age of 63
Dies at 63 without finishing “Belshazzar’s Feast”, the painting he had worked on for years as his intended masterpiece. He is buried in the Old Burying Ground in Harvard Square, between the First Parish Church and Christ Church.