A designer, painter, illustrator, and engraver, John Chapin became especially noted for his Civil War illustrations and his western scenes, although it is unknown if he ever visited the West. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and was a descendant of Pilgrims. He grew up in New York City where he studied law and then art as a student of Samuel F.B. Morse.
From 1843 to 1845, Chapin traveled throughout the South as a correspondent and artist for "Gleason's Pictorial." When that magazi (showing 500 of 1490 characters). |
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