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KENSETT, JOHN FREDERICK (1818–1872)

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 733 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KENSETT, See also:JOHN See also:FREDERICK (1818–1872) , See also:American artist, was See also:born in See also:Cheshire, See also:Connecticut, on the 22nd of See also:March 1818. After studying See also:engraving he went abroad, took up See also:painting, and exhibited at the Royal See also:Academy, See also:London, in 1845. In 1849 he was elected to the See also:National Academy of See also:Design, New See also:York, and in 1859 he was appointed a member of the See also:committee to superintend the decoration of the See also:United States Capitol at See also:Washington, D.C. After his See also:death the See also:con-tents of his studio realized at public See also:auction over $150,000. He painted landscapes more or less in the manner of the See also:Hudson See also:River School.

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