biography
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| lived:
| (1749–1806)
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| biography:
| Engraver, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of Peter Pelham and half-brother of John Singleton Copley. A Loyalist, he studied engraving and painting, and joined John Singleton Copley in London (1776). He worked as an engineer and estate agent in Ireland, and is known for his historical line engraving, ‘The Boston Massacre’ (1770). |
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