Matthew Pratt (1734–1805)

• Was an American "Colonial Era" artist.
• He is famous for his portraits of American men and women.
•He was born in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania to goldsmith Henry Pratt, and Rebecca Claypoole, (sister of James Claypoole Sr.).
• He was the second of eight children born to the Pratts.
• He was apprenticed to his uncle, artist James Claypoole (a limner and painter) from 1745 to 1755.
• In 1764 he escorted his cousin, Betsey Shewell to England for her marriage to the American "expatriate" artist Benjamin West.
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