Samuel King (artist)
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Samuel King was an American painter of miniature portraits and instructor.
Reverend Ezra Stiles (1770)
Reverend Ezra Stiles (1770–1771)
Ezra Stiles
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Ezra Stiles was an American educator, academic, Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He is noted as the seventh president of Yale College and one of the founders of Brown University. Ac
Samuel King (artist)
…After his marriage in 1770, King became increasingly interested in art, but also continued to make instruments. He made a miniature portrait of Reverend Ezra Stiles in 1770, which is now part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Stiles, who performed King's marriage ceremony, went on to become the president…
Stiles' Yale College diploma awarded in 1746
1756 portrait of Stiles by Nathaniel Smibert