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D. M. Carter

CARTER, died M., artist, born in Ireland in 1827. He accompanied his parents to the United States in 1839, and, having received a little instruction in art, began his career as a portrait-painter and travelled over a large part of the country in the pursuit of his profession. He afterward settled in New York and produced historical pictures. He was one of the original members of the artists' fund society, established in 1859. About 1850 he painted a series of pictures illustrating Goldsmith's "Deserted Village." Among his most successful works are "Decatur's Attack on Tripoli," "Moll Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth," "Legend of St. Michael," " Death of the Virgin," and portraits of Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and other distinguished persons.

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