Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Newport, R. I.” in entry fine-arts-the of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...Amboy, then the capital of New Jersey, in 1715, where he purchased land and built houses.
He died at an old age. John Smybert (q. v.) came with Dean Berkeley in 1728, and began portrait-painting in Newport, R. I. Nathan Smybert, an amiable youth, began the practice of painting, but died young in 1757.
During John Smybert's time there were Blackburn in Boston and Williams of Philadelphia who painted portrai...
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