JOSEPH ROPES
1812 - 1885

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" A FIGURE WITH A DOG" C.1844
OIL ON CANVAS 30" X 25" SIGNED AND TITLED ON STRETCHER .

FROM 1851 TO 1865 HE HAD A STUDIO IN HARTFORD, CT. IN 1865 THE ARTIST TRAVELED IN ITALY FOR ELEVEN YEARS. UPON HIS RETURN, HE SETTLED IN PHILADELPHIA. ROPES EXHIBITED IN THE CENTENNIAL EXPO IN PHILA. IN 1876. LISTED IN GROCE AND WALLACE'S DICTIONARY OF ARTISTS IN AMERICA.