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james
sharples

1752 — 1811 · Early Modern

James Sharples: The Industrial Soul Captured in Steel James Sharples (1751 or 1752, Lancashire – 26 February 1811, New York City) was an English portrait painter and pastelist who emigrated to the United States in 1794. He initially pursued a vocation for priesthood but ultimately …

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james sharples
The Palette Genome

A portrait built from james sharples's own colours

Every 2 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.

← Cool · Shadow Warm · Earth Gold · Light →

Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.

Four-Colour Decomposition
The Chromatic Knot

Every painting, placed on the hue wheel

Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.

0° Red 90° Yellow 180° Cyan 270° Blue saturation →
Reading the Genome

The signature, in numbers