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Granville Perkins

PERKINS, Granville, artist, born in Baltimore, Maryland, 16 October, 1830. He studied drawing" in Philadelphia, and painting under James Hamilton. For several years he devoted himself mainly to scene-painting, finding employment in Richmond, Virginia, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. He began working for the illustrated papers about 1851, and in 1855 took a post on "Frank Leslie's Weekly." About 1860 he was engaged by Harper Brothers, with whom he remained for several years. He furnished a large number of illustrations for books, his specialty being marine views, and became widely known through his excellent work in that direction. He has exhibited frequently at the National academy since 1862, and at the exhibitions of the Water-color society, of which he is a member.

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