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Museum purchase, 1961.105.2  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
John Peter Van Ness Throop
Museum purchase, 1961.105.2 © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.

John Peter Van Ness Throop

American, 1794 - 1860
BiographyJohn Peter Van Ness Throop was born in Oxford, New York on April 15, 1794. He was an engraver and lithographer who worked for publishers in Baltimore, New York, and Washington, D.C. He usually signed his work "J. V. N. Throop" or "J. V. Throop." He died in Washington, D.C. in July 1860.
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