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American Art - The Colonial Period
In the 17th cent. the North American colonies enjoyed neither the wealth nor the leisure to cultivate the fine arts extensively. Colonial artisans working in pewter, silver, glass, or textiles closely followed European models.
http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/american-art-the-colonial-period.html
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The American Colonies and the Early Republic - Smithsonian
The museum’s collection begins with works from the colonies of New Spain and New England.
http://americanart.si.edu/collections/highlights/colonial/
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Presidential Portraits : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History and Citizenship Site
Colonial Williamsburg journal, a popular history magazine about historic Williamsburg its people.
http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/spring07/portraits.cfm
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American Portraits of the Late 1700s and Early 1800s
National Gallery of Art.
http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/features/slideshows/american-portraits-of-the-late-1700s-and-early-1800s.html
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American Colonial Art: 18th-Century Painting, Architecture
American Colonial Art (c.1670-1800): Origin and Development of 18th-Century Portraiture, Architecture, Fine Furniture in America.
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/history-of-art/american-colonial.htm
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American Paintings and Portraits - The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America
The Historical Activities Committee undertook the Portrait Survey in the early 1970′s to help provide The National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution with an inventory of early portraits. The Smithsonian continues to be interested in adding information about pictures and portraits by American painters prior to 1914.
http://nscda.org/historical-activities/american-paintings-portraits
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National Portrait Gallery - Collection Highlights - Colonial America
National Portrait Gallery - Collection Highlights - Colonial America.
http://www.npg.si.edu/collect/colonial.htm#
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Painters and Paintings in the Early American South Slideshow - The Colonial Williamsburg Official History Site
A slideshow of painters and paintings in the early American South.
http://www.history.org/history/museums/slideshows/painters_and_paintings_slideshow/#images/2.jpg
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Art Genre Guide: Colonial American Portrait Painters - Invaluable
Colonial American Portrait Painters artists and their works. Find Colonial American Portrait Painters for sale at auction with Invaluable Auction Advisor. Hundreds of other art styles.
http://www.invaluable.com/features/viewStyle.cfm?genreRef=9rfc2vpwgo&af
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Halting Time through the Illusion of Portraiture : The Colonial Williamsburg Official History and Citizenship Site
Colonial Williamsburg journal, a popular history magazine about historic Williamsburg its people.
http://www.history.org/foundation/journal/summer05/children.cfm
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Robert Feke. Expert art Authentication, Certificates of Authenticity and Expert art Appraisals - Art Experts
Robert Feke. What is it worth? Our art experts provide certificates of authenticity (COA). Discover your painting's value, get expert painting authentication; certified art appraisers and art valuers.
http://www.artexpertswebsite.com/pages/artists/feke.php
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18C American Women: American Artist Henry Benbridge 1743-1812
Including portraits of women and a look at the artists who painted them. (Boring assumptions, introductions, and housekeeping rules run down the right column.)
http://b-womeninamericanhistory18.blogspot.com/2012/01/american-artist-henry-benbridge-1743.html
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Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828) - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The most successful and resourceful portraitist of America's early national period, Gilbert Stuart possessed abundant natural talent which he devoted to the representation of human likeness and character, bringing his witty and irascible manner to bear on each of his works, including his incisive portraits of George Washington.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/stua/hd_stua.htm
