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JOHN WESLEY JARVIS b. 1780, South Shield, England d. 1840, New York City, New York Painter John Wesley Jarvis spent the first five years of his life in England under the care of his great-great uncle, John Wesley, the influential and colorful founder of Methodism. Jarvis was also well known for a colorful personality, and the combination of his artistic talent and flamboyant lifestyle resulted in an extremely successful New York portrait studio. Looking to Portrait of Major General James Wilkinson, ca. 1813 extend his business, he left New York frequently on painting expeditions, including at least Oil on canvas; 30 x 25 in. five winters spent in New Orleans between 1820 and 1834. Fellow New Orleans artist John The Historic New Orleans Collection James Audubon described Jarvis as “an Original, and a Craked [sic] man,” and as having Gift of Hugh Miller Wilkinson, Jr., Leila C. Wilkinson Scheyd, Sheila once worn a large magnolia boutonniere with a young alligator nestled in the flowers. He Bosworth Wilkinson Williams, John F. B. Wilkinson, Dolores Davis Wilkinson, Margaret Jean Wilkinson Butler, James Davis Wilkinson, and suffered a stroke in New Orleans in early 1834 and returned to New York, partially paralyzed Nancy Elizabeth Wilkinson Kirkland and unable to work, where he died in poverty six years later. LEH COLONIAL THROUGH ANTEBELLUM LOUISIANA 45  http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1280 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1280

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