Joseph Blackburn (painter)

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Joseph Blackburn, also known as Jonathan Blackburn, was an English portrait painter who worked mainly in Bermuda and in colonial America. His notable works include portraits of Hugh Jones and Colonel Theodore Atkinson.

Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant), oil on canvas of 1754, in the Art Institute of Chicago

This painting of Isaac Winslow and family, by Joseph Blackburn, is one of the first group portraits in America. Subjects: Isaac Winslow (1707–17770; his wife, Lucy Waldo (1724–1768; m. 1747); elder daughter, Lucy Winslow (1749–1770); child in mother's lap, Hannah Winslow (1755–1819). The painting is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Image: Colonel Theodore Atkinson 1760 Joseph Blackburn

Image: Governor Benning Wentworth

Charles Apthorp

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Charles Apthorp was an English-born merchant and slave trader in Boston, Massachusetts. Apthorp managed his import business from Merchants Row, and "in his day he was called the richest man in Boston." He also served in the employ of the British government for various schemes it attempted to implement in North America.

Portrait of Charles' daughter, Susan Apthorp, 1757

Portrait of Apthorp by Robert Feke, c. 1748