Joseph Gear

Joseph Gear (1768-1853) was a marine painter, engraver, caricaturist, and a musician. He immigrated to the United States in 1824?, later moved to Boston, and exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum, 1829-1837. He was said to be a "double bassist employed at Drury Lane Theatre, London, and Tremont St. Theatre, Boston, Mass." John William Gear was his son.