John Blennerhassett Martin (September 5, 1797 – October 27, 1857), was an American painter, engraver and lithographer.

Biography

Martin was born in

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, but emigrated at age 18 to the

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in 1815. He initially lived and studied engraving in

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, then in 1816 moved to

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where he lived and worked. Martin painted a series of portraits of Chief Justice John Marshall, one of which hung in the US Supreme Court Building for many years.The Irisih Community in Richmond VA 1840-1860. 1981 University of Richmond Masters Thesis by Kathryn Lynn Mahone, page 10: "The painting hung in the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. for many years."
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. He died in Richmond in 1857.

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19th-century American painters 19th-century American male artists American male painters Painters from Virginia 1797 births 1857 deaths

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