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**early life and training** robert peckham, a prominent figure in american folk art, was born on september 10, 1785, in petersham, massachusetts. little is known about his childhood, but it is documented that he married ruth sawyer of boston in 1813. this union led to the birth of nine children, prompting the family's relocation to westminster in 1821. peckham's brief artistic training consisted of a few months under ethan allen greenwood in 1809. **artistic career and notable works** peckham's body of work is characterized by its focus on portraits of children, often from families who had am…
A chart of deacon robert peckham's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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