biografía de Franklin Dullin BRISCOE (1844-1903)

Lugar de nacimiento: Baltimore, MD

Lugar de defunción: Phila., PA

Direcciones: Phila., PA (1848-on)

Profesión: Marine, history, and portrait painter

Estudios: Edward Moran, 1860; travel to Europe.

Exposiciones: PAFA, 1863, 1885; Brooklyn AA, 1873; Philadelphia Centennial, 1876

Comentarios: A well-known and successful marine painter of the last quarter of the 19th century, Briscoe made many extended ocean voyages where he found his subject ó the ocean and its ships in all types of weather. In 1885, he also painted a major historical mural, "The Battle of Gettysburg," which was 13 feet tall by 230 feet long, in ten panels (location unknown).

Fuentes: Brewington, 58; 300 Years of American Art, vol. 1, 401