Justus Engelhardt Kühn (unknown-c1717) a German man, was a portrait painter active in colonial Maryland in the early part of the eighteenth century. He was the earliest professional artist to work in the Middle Atlantic colonies. A number of his portraits are held in the collection of the

Maryland Historical Society The Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC), formerly the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS), founded on March 1, 1844, is the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland. The organization "collects, preserves, and interpr ...

Early life

Kuhn was a Protestant, of German origin. Little is known of his early life.

Career

Kuhn was active in the early 1700s and painted a number of local dignitaries in Maryland including

Henry Darnall III Henry Darnall III (c. 1702 – c. 1783) was a wealthy planter in Colonial Maryland. He was the son of the politician and planter Henry Darnall II, and the grandson of Henry Darnall who was the Proprietary Agent of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Balt ...

Charles Carroll of Annapolis Charles Carroll II (April 2, 1702 – May 30, 1782) known as Charles Carroll of Annapolis to distinguish him from his similarly named relatives, was a wealthy Maryland planter and lawyer. His father was Charles Carroll the Settler, (I – the ...

and

Eleanor Darnall Carroll Eleanor Darnall Carroll (1703–1796) was a prominent heiress in colonial Maryland. She married Daniel Carroll, a wealthy planter, and together they became the parents of two notable figures in American history: Daniel Carroll, a Founding Father ...

. Kuhn applied for naturalization at

Annapolis Annapolis ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland. It is the county seat of Anne Arundel County and its only incorporated city. Situated on the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Severn River, south of Baltimore and about east o ...

in 1708. He became the churchwarden at St. Ann's church at Annapolis in 1717. He died six months later.Kuhn at dekluizenaar.mimesis.nl
Retrieved 22 August 2018

Gallery

File:J E Kühn - Henry Darnall III.jpg,

, as a child, c.1712 File:Charles Carroll of Annapolis enfant.jpg,

as a child, c.1712 File:Eleonor Darnhall by Justus Engelhardt Kühn.jpg, Portrait of Eleanor Darnall as a child, c.1710

Notes

References

* Roarke, Elizabeth
''Artists of Colonial America''
Retrieved 16 August 2018

External links

Kuhn and MDHS.org
Retrieved 16 August 2018 18th-century American painters 18th-century American male artists American male painters American people of German descent Painters from Maryland German emigrants to the Thirteen Colonies Year of birth unknown 1717 deaths {{US-painter-stub