Robert james pailthorpe biography

Robert James Pailthorpe,

The Burning of the Gaspée

Robert James Pailthorpe was born on 31 March , in Providence, Rhode Island, and enlisted (hostilities onlY) in the US Navy in He was most active as an artist in the s and 70s and may have lived in the Virgin Islands as reproductions of his charcoal sketches of the USVI are quite common.

He died on 14 March , in Providence, Rhode Island.

Pailthorpe was a somewhat prolific artist - especially when it comes to his prints; they appear to have been produced from original charcoal sketches, with occasional additions in black ink, which lend themselves to extremely good printing techniques.

His prints are often of such good quality that it is difficult for many people to differentiate them from an original without removing them from the frame.

We have some of Pailthorpe's works in our collections, including:

• "Bark cruising on the grounds"
• "The chase, Nantucket sleigh-ride"
• "Cutting-in the whale"
• "Full and by"
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