▁trained ▁as ▁a ▁portrait ▁painter , ▁and ▁he ▁must ▁have ▁had ▁influ ential ▁connections , ▁for ▁between ▁ 1 7 2 0 ▁and ▁ 1 7 2 6 ▁he ▁produced ▁portrait ▁pl ates ▁of ▁Queen ▁Anne , ▁George ▁I , ▁the ▁Earl ▁of ▁Derby , ▁Lord ▁Wil ming ton , ▁Lord ▁Carter et , ▁Lord ▁M oles worth , ▁Edmund ▁Gib son , ▁and ▁others . ▁Why , ▁amid st ▁such ▁engag ements , ▁Pel ham ▁should ▁have ▁em igr ated ▁is ▁myster ious , ▁if , ▁as ▁seems ▁quite ▁certain , ▁the ▁poor ▁school master , ▁lim ner ▁and ▁eng ra ver ▁of ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts , ▁is ▁identical ▁with ▁the ▁well - emp loy ed ▁me zz ot inter ▁of ▁London . ▁It ▁is ▁possible ▁that ▁he ▁left ▁in ▁dis gra ce . ▁His ▁portrait ▁of ▁Massachusetts ▁Governor ▁Samuel ▁Sh ute , ▁painted ▁at ▁London ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 4 , ▁was ▁brought , ▁according ▁to ▁pla us ible ▁family ▁tradition , ▁to ▁Boston ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁introduction ▁to ▁local ▁cele brit ies . ▁ ▁Boston ▁Though ▁various ▁dates ▁for ▁his ▁em igration ▁have ▁been ▁suggested , ▁the ▁record ▁of ▁Peter ▁Pel ham ' s ▁activities ▁at ▁Boston ▁is ▁well ▁established . ▁His ▁portrait ▁of ▁the ▁Rev . ▁Cot ton ▁M ather , ▁now ▁at ▁the ▁American ▁Anti qu arian ▁Society ▁in ▁Wor c ester , ▁was ▁painted ▁as ▁copy ▁for ▁the ▁very ▁familiar ▁me zz ot int ▁eng ra ving , ▁reprodu ced ▁frequently . ▁" Pro pos als