__NOTOC__ William Verstille ( 1757 – 1803)Deaths. Boston Gazette, Dec. 8, 1803 was an American artist who worked in Boston,"William Verstille, miniature painter ... Tremont Street, directly opposite the mansion house of Patrick Jeffrey. ... Specimens of Mr. V.'s performance may be seen ... at the book-store of messrs. West & Greenleaf, Cornhill." Independent Chronicle and the Universal Advertiser; Date: From Monday, August 31, -to Thursday, September 3, 1801 PhiladelphiaIndependent Gazetteer.; Date: 10-18-1783 and New York. He specialized in portraits. Examples of his artwork reside in the collections of the Harvard Art Museum, Massachusetts Historical Society, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston,Museum of Fine Arts, Boston New York Historical Society, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Smithsonian,Smithsonian and Yale University.
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Accounts of William Verstille. Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 25, Jan. 1960
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