Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for William Henry FURNESS

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FURNESS, William Henry, painter, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., May 21, 1828; son of the Rev. William Henry and Annis (Jenks) Furhess. He attended school till 1844 when he engaged in mercantile business one year and then devoted himself to art., He studied in the art centres of Europe two years and opened a studio in Philadelphia in 1848, removing to Boston in 1852. His portraits of Charles Sumner, Lucretia Mott, his father, and many other distinguished sitters, brought him into public notice. He died in Cambridge, Mass., March 4, 1867.

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