Joseph Jonathan Blackburn, about (1730-1787)

• Was an English portrait painter.
• He worked mainly in Bermuda and in colonial America.
• He had a studio in Boston in 1750-1765.
• Among his patrons were many American families, including the Apthorps, Amorys, Bulfinches, Lowells, Ewings, Saltonstalls, Winthrops, Winslows and Otises of Boston.
• Blackburn spent time in Bermuda, Newport, Boston, and Portsmouth.
• In late 1763 he returned to London and painted portraits in southwestern England, Wales, and Dublin between 1768 and 1777.
• Approximately one hundred fifty of Blackburn's portraits survive.
• He excelled at painting textiles.
• John Singleton Copley was Blackburn's pupil.
• Joseph Blackburn and his family lived and died in the city of Worcester.
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