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"Carolyn Weekly has identified the sitters in this portrait as Benjamin Yoe (1775-1832) and Benjamin Franklin Yoe (1804-1883) of Baltimore, Maryland. Benjamin Yoe is recorded in Baltimore, Maryland, directories between 1803 and 1810 as a tailor. He subsequently moved to Hagerstown, Maryland. His son, Benjamin Franklin Yoe (1804-1883) became a lawyer in Hagerstown and returned to Baltimore in 1849."</div>
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Joshua_Johnson_(painter)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Joshua Johnson (painter)"><span title="African American painter">Joshua Johnson</span></a>
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between 1808 and 1809 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1808-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1808-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1809-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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