Charles Robert Leslie
1794–1859
Painter. Born in London of American parents. Taken to America in 1800 where he was educated and began to show a decided talent for drawing. As his family could not afford to pay for his training as an artist he became apprenticed to a Philadelphia publishers in 1808. A subscription having been raised on his behalf, he travelled to England in 1811 to become a student of the Royal Academy. He remained in England as a painter for the rest of his life.
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DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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