Francis Guy (1760–1820),

• Was an English-born American Colonial Era painter.
• Guy participated in the family business as a London silk dyer.
• Guy moved to the United States in September 1795.
• He lived briefly in New York and Philadelphia and by 1798 had settled in Baltimore.
• After a fire destroyed his business in 1799 in Baltimore, Guy decided to devote himself to painting.
• He had no formal art education, Guy was able to learn by himself, with the help of patrons like Robert Gilmor.
• Robert Gilmor was one of Baltimore’s noted early art collectors, who allowed Guy to copy his pictures.
• In Baltimore, Guy worked with wealthy clientele creating landscapes of country estates and later he became known for depicting the everyday activities of Baltimore's citizenry.
• Guy then moved to Brooklyn in 1817, where he stayed until his death in 1820.
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