James William Glass
| James William Glass | |||||||
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| Born | 1825 | ||||||
| Died | 1855 | ||||||
| Residence | 19 Newman St, Oxford St | ||||||
| Occupation | artist | ||||||
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historical painter
death is announced in April 1856
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The painter, James William Glass, Jr., was born in Cadiz, Spain, where his father was British Consul. He was raised in America and began working for the U.S. Coast Survey and Fortification Service. In 1844 he decided on a painting career, working under Henry Inman and Daniel Huntington, a successful portrait painter who had been a pupil of Samuel F. B. Morse. In 1847 or 1848, Glass went to Europe and achieved prominence with an equestrian portrait of Wellington, a copy of which was commissioned by Queen Victoria. He also painted historical subjects. He returned to the U.S. in late 1855, and within a few weeks committed suicide, ending at a young age what looked to be a promising career.
New York Times: Of this artist, whose melancholy suicide was recorded in our journal two or three weeks since, the Crayon for January gives the following account: This well-known artist, deceased in this city on the 22d ult., was born in Cadiz, where his father, an Englishman, was residing as a merchant. His mother was a Virginian lady, so that the painter was both English and American.
James William Glass started his artistic training with Huntington and then, in 1847, went to London, where he studied for some years. He excelled in the depiction of horses. He painted a portrait of the Duke of Wellington on horseback, which was bought by Lord Ellesmere, and which Queen Victoria ordered to be copied. [oxford index]
James William Glass Jr (1825 - 1855)
James William Glass, Jr. was active/lived in New York. James Glass Jr is known for portrait, equestrian figure-genre. [askart]