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Otis, Bass, 1784-1861
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Portrait painter and lithographer. From the description of Bass Otis receipt, 1831. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122370511 Bass Otis, a Philadelphia artist, lithographer, and portrait-painter, was born in Bridgewater, Mass. He was apprenticed first to a scythemaker, then to a coach painter in New York about 1808. He later opened a studio in Philadelphia, copied portraits for "Delaplaine's Repository," and sent his work to exhibitions. Otis is credited with making the first...
