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(Encyclopedia) Opie, John, 1761–1807, English portrait and historical painter. Opie showed a remarkable talent as a young man. He became the protégé of the poet John Wolcot, and enjoyed a brief popularity as a f...

(Encyclopedia) St. John, John Pierce, 1833–1916, American political reformer, b. Brookville, Ind. He traveled in the West and in South America, fought in the Union army in the Civil War, and after 1869 practiced l...

(Encyclopedia) Darley, Felix Octavius Carr, 1822–88, American illustrator, lithographer, and painter, b. Philadelphia. He is best known for his pen-and-ink drawings, which, for their inventiveness, versatility, vi...

(Encyclopedia) Lesley, John: see Leslie, John.

(Encyclopedia) Leyland, John: see Leland, John.

(Encyclopedia) Lilly, John: see Lyly, John.

(Encyclopedia) Reynolds, John: see Rainolds, John. ...

(Encyclopedia) John Bull: see Arbuthnot, John.

(Encyclopedia) Henry, John: see John Henry.

(Encyclopedia) Smybert, John: see Smibert, John. ...