Medium/Discipline: Painting
Maryland Affiliation: Depicts Maryland subjects, Active while in residence
Prominent Theme: Portraits; Miniatures
Gender: Male
Biography: William Clarke was active in Baltimore as a portrait and miniature painter. His pictures, faithfully signed and often dated, indicate that he lived in Baltimore during the 1790s. In 1799, he placed an advertisement in the Philadelphia Federal Gazette newspaper, which might mean that he moved there after his residence in Baltimore.
Selected References: Pleasants, J.Hall. Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Painting in Maryland (Baltimore: Baltimore Museum of Art), 1945.
Maryland Institutions Holding Artworks: Baltimore Museum of Art (painting); Maryland Historical Society
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