Artist

John Ramage

Portrait of John Ramage
Portrait of John Ramage

Ireland, 1748–1802

John Ramage was an Ireland Romanticism painter. 20 works are cataloged here, principally at Metropolitan Museum of Art, most of them watercolors. John Ramage was born in Dublin.

John Ramage (1748 – 24 October 1802) was an Irish American artist, goldsmith, patroller, and second lieutenant. He was best known for painting portrait miniatures, and the first artist to paint a portrait of George Washington after he assumed office as the first President of the United States.

Works by John Ramage

Collections represented

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