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Title: A history of the rise and progress of the arts of design in the United States
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Dunlap, William, 1766-1839 Bayley, Frank W. (Frank William), 1863-1932 Goodspeed, Charles E. (Charles Eliot), 1867-1950
Subjects: Artists Art
Publisher: Boston, C. E. Goodspeed & co.
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
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ames Conn, writing-master and engraver, of Elizabeth-town, N. J., in 1771, advertised as engraver of shop bills, etc. Cook. T. B. Cook, engraver, was working for New York pub-lishers in 1809-16. Cooke. Joseph Cooke was a goldsmith, jeweler and engraver, ac-cording to his announcement in the Pennsylvania Gazette of May 7,1789, although none of his engraved work is known to exist now. Cooper. An old view of Philadelphia is by Peter Cooper. Theonly record of him is the following item from the records of the Phila-delphia City Council: Peter Cooper, painter, was admitted a free-man of the city in May, 1777. Corne. In 1799, an Italian painter found his way to this countryand settled in Salem, Mass. His name was Michele Felice Corne\Although he was drafted into the army in his native country to repelthe attack by the French on Naples, he had no taste for militaryservice and at the invitation of Elias Hasket Derby he fled the coun-try. He came to America in the ship Mt. Vernon and introduced
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GEORGE ROBERT TWELVES HEWESLast survivor of the Boston Tea Party. By Joseph Greenleaf Cole From the collection of the Bostonian Society ADDENDA 293 this vessel into several of his marine compositions. After a briefcareer in Salem, Mass., Come removed to Boston where among hisvarious activities he decorated interiors, including the HancockHouse. Probably he had orders elsewhere as the walls of the SullivanDorr house at Providence, R. I., were decorated by him. When notemployed more profitably, Corne filled his leisure moments by paint-ing ships and marine views. During the War of 1812-13, he painteda series of pictures portraying naval battles of the war. Abel Bowenavailed himself of Cornes historical pictures for the embellishment ofThe Naval Monument (Boston, 1816), which he published, withengravings of the Come pictures and descriptions of the battles.Some of the prints were made from the designs of Thomas Birch.Corne went to Newport to live in 1822 where in 1830 he bought anannuity w

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