Samuel Jennings (c.1755-1834),

• Was an American painter.

• Samuel Jennings was a native Philadelphian.

• He spent most of his life painting in England.

• He attended the College of Philadelphia from 1770 to 1773.

• Jennings taught drawing and painted portraits and miniatures.

• In 1787, he traveled to London, carrying a letter of introduction from Benjamin Franklin, to study with Benjamin West.

• In London, his paintings were exhibited repeatedly at the Royal Academy and the British Institution. 

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