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Earl, Ralph Earl, Ralph: see Earle, RalphEarle or Earl, Ralph, 1751–1801, American portrait and landscape painter, b. Worcester co., Mass. He is purported to have painted four scenes of the battle of Lexington as an eyewitness, but is best known for his ..... Click the link for more information. .Earl (or Earle), Ralph(1751–1801) painter; born in Worcester County, Mass. He spent most of his life in Connecticut, except for a stay in England (1778–85), and became a leading portrait painter, rivaled only by John Singleton Copley, who influenced his work. His paintings have a folk quality, as in Portrait of Elijah Boardman (1789). |