| 1. | At the age of eighteen, he determined, with the support of his family, to become a painter and began an apprenticeship with John Ritto Penniman in Boston, Massachusetts, along with other young artists such as Charles Codman. À dix-huit ans, il fait son apprentissage de peintre, avec le soutien de sa famille, chez John Ritto Penniman à Boston, en même temps que Charles Codman. |