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January 23, 1811, Albany, New York, U.S.
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October 1, 1885, Tottenville, Staten Island, New York (aged 74)
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Page, William: Portrait of Senator Charles Sumner
Page, William: Portrait of Senator Charles Sumner Portrait of Senator Charles Sumner, oil on canvas by William Page, 1874; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 76.5 × 63.5 cm.

William Page

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William Page (born January 23, 1811, Albany, New York, U.S.—died October 1, 1885, Tottenville, Staten Island, New York) was an American painter known for his sedate portraits of prominent mid-19th-century Americans and Britons.

Page was trained and initially influenced by the famed inventor and Romantic painter Samuel F.B. Morse. From 1849 to 1860 he lived in Rome, where he painted portraits of friends such as Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. His best-known works, Self-Portrait (1860) and Portrait of Mrs. William Page (1860–61), typify the serene dignity of his likenesses, his monumental and sculptural handling of the figure, and his use of warm, resonant tonalities of dark colours. All these stylistic hallmarks show Titian’s influence upon him.

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