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{{Short description|American artist}}
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[[File:An officer directing his troops into battle LCCN2004661334.jpg|200px|thumb|An officer directing his troops into battle in the [[American Civil War]] by John R. Chapin]]
[[Image:Chicago-fire1.jpg|thumb|200px|John R Chapin's rendering of the [[Great Chicago Fire]], printed in ''[[Harper's Weekly]]'']]
'''John R Chapin''' (1823–1907) was a 19th-century American [[artist]] and [[illustrator]], who worked for ''[[Harper's Magazine]]''. He was especially noted for a series of illustrations entitled ''Artist life in the highlands of New Jersey'' published in April 1860 which gave a realistic depiction  of the daily life of [[miners]].

==External links==
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* [http://www.minrec.org/artwork.asp?artistid=64&cat=2&page=3 "Artist life in the highlands of New Jersey"]

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[[Category:19th-century American illustrators]]
[[Category:1823 births]]
[[Category:1907 deaths]]


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