Excerpt from Notes on American Artists: 1754 1820<br><br>N. B. He continues Face painting as usual, and hath at pres ent by him, a large Collection of Gentlemen and Ladies Pictures, which may be seen at his House. [n. Y. Mercury, May 17, The habits of the new-yorkers appear, however, to have been ill adapted for the encouragement of the Fine Arts; and, like his contemporary, Abraham De Lanoy, Junior, Mr. Kilburn, after many years of hard work to establish himself as an artist, seems to have been compelled to seek other employment than that of paint ing portraits. The following advertisement tells its own story'<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.