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Excerpt from Notes on American Artists: 1754 1820
N. B. He continues Face painting as usual, and hath at pres ent by him, a large Collection of Gentlemen and Ladies Pictures, which may be seen at his House. [n. Y. Mercury, May 17, The habits of the new-yorkers appear, however, to have been ill adapted for the encouragement of the Fine Arts; and, like his contemporary, Abraham De Lanoy, Junior, Mr. Kilburn, after many years of hard work to establish himself as an artist, seems to have been compelled to seek other employment than that of paint ing portraits. The following advertisement tells its own story'
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