biography
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| lived:
| (1780–1849)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Attleborough (now Langhorne), Pennsylvania, USA. A Quaker minister, he also earned a living by painting signs, carriages, and, most importantly, primitive folk scenes. The series of paintings he called ‘The Peaceable Kingdom’, based on the 11th chapter of Isaiah, where the animal kingdom lives in harmony together, occupied him for much of his painting life and has brought him continuing fame. |
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