Joseph Blackburn (painter)

[2] He excelled at painting textiles (i.e., representing the shimmer of silks, the texture of laces, and the folds of fabrics).

[3][4] "Now, thanks to evidence found within records held in our collections, we are able to confirm that Joseph Blackburn lived and died in the city of Worcester.

They also leased properties around St. Martins Gate in the city, including The White Horse pub.

His daughters both married local men: Henrietta to William Hill and Elizabeth to George Squire, but both women appear to have died without children.

..." Art historian Lawrence Park authored, and the American Antiquarian Society published, the first biographical and critical study of Blackburn in 1923, restoring this long-overlooked artist to the attention of scholars and connoisseurs.

Abigail Chesebrough (Mrs. Alexander Grant) , oil on canvas of 1754, in the Art Institute of Chicago
This painting of Isaac Winslow and family, by Joseph Blackburn, is one of the first group portraits in America. Subjects: Isaac Winslow (1707–17770; his wife, Lucy Waldo (1724–1768; m. 1747); elder daughter, Lucy Winslow (1749–1770); child in mother's lap, Hannah Winslow (1755–1819). The painting is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston .