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Robert M. Douglass Jr.

Birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
26 Oct 1887 (aged 77–78)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
Burial
Collingdale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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African-American artist and daguerreotypist. Son of abolitionists Robert Douglass, a hairdresser, and Grace Bustill Douglass, a milliner. Educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the National Gallery of Fine Arts, and the British Museum. Student of Thomas Sully.
African-American artist and daguerreotypist. Son of abolitionists Robert Douglass, a hairdresser, and Grace Bustill Douglass, a milliner. Educated at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the National Gallery of Fine Arts, and the British Museum. Student of Thomas Sully.


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