The Burpee-Conant Limner

Place: Sterling

Biography:

The Conant Limner, also known as The Burpee-Conant Limner, was an American artist who was active around 1813. He is identified by the last name of four sitters who constitute the largest family group by his hand, the Conants of Sterling, Massachusetts. Approximately eleven portraits can be attributed to this artist, including a portrait of Sophia Burpee Conant, dated around 1813, which is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.