English Painter, 1812-1879,Painter and illustrator, son of John Hill. At the age of seven he moved to Philadelphia, PA, with his family. In 1822 he moved to New York, where he was apprenticed to his father for seven years. During this time, he worked on the aquatint plates for William Guy Wall's Hudson River Portfolio (1821-5), which influenced his early paintings.  Related Paintings of John William Hill :. | Fishermen on the Skagen Beach (nn02) | Henri d-Albret in the garden of the castle at Alencon | Portrait of Pauline Bonaparte | The Education of the virgin | Madonna of the Harpies |
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