Jarvis, John Wesley, 1780-1839

John Wesley Jarvis was an American painter, born in England in 1780-81, and moved with his family to Philadelphia in the 1780s. He moved to New York in 1801, and Baltimore for a few years in the 1810s. He's know for painting many prominent Americans, including Andrew Jackson, John Jacob Astor, James Fenimore Cooper, and the Teackle's relations in Baltimore, William and Molly Smith Gilmor.