John Paradise
A portrait painter and engraver born in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, John Paradise studied briefly in Philadelphia and then opened a studio in 1803. Seven years later he moved to New York City and lived there until the time of his death in 1833. He died at the home of his sister in Springfield, New Jersey. His son, John Wesley Paradise, was also an artist. Source: Groce and Wallace, "Dictionary of Artists in America"
