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John Ross Key (September 19, 1754 – October 11, 1821) was a lawyer, a commissioned officer in the Continental Army, a judge, and the father of writer Francis Scott Key.
Portrait of John Ross Key in 1854 by James McNeill Whistler. John Ross Key (16 July 1832, Hagerstown, Maryland – 24 March 1920, Baltimore) was an American artist most known for his frontier landscapes. Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star-Spangled Banner".
John Ross Key was an American artist most known for his frontier landscapes. Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of The Star Spangled Banner. From 1853 to 1856, Key was a draughtsman and map maker for the US Coast Survey in Washington, DC.
John Key. John Ross Key was the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the patriotic song The Star Spangled Banner. He was born in Hagerstown, Maryland in 1832 and studied art in Munich and Paris. He worked in a number of American cities including Boston where he showed over 100 works in 1877.
When John Ross Key was born on 19 September 1754, in Annapolis, Anne Arundel, Maryland, British Colonial America, his father, Francis Scott Key, was 26 and his mother, Anne Arnold Ross, was 26. He married Ann Phebe Penn Charlton on 19 October 1775, in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States.
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Stirring scenes of national significance figure heavily in John Ross Key’s oeuvre. From his panoramic painting of Charleston, South Carolina’s Fort Sumter and grand vistas of the frontier West to this view of the nation’s capital, Key’s proud heritage as the grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of the lyrics of "The Star Spangled ...
In 1869 he moved to San Francisco. While in California Key traveled extensively, painting scenes of Yosemite, Carmel, Tahoe, and the Giant Sequoia trees. Key left California after only two years. He died in Baltimore in 1920. For more information on John Ross Key and other artists we represent, please visit the artist index on our gallery website
