John Ross Key

1837 Born in Hagerstown, Maryland

1852–56 Draftsman with the United States Coast Survey

1862 Commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Confederate States of America Army

1863 Recorded pictorially the Federal siege of Charleston, South Carolina

1866 First exhibited at the National Academy of Design

1867 Exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

1869–70 Resided in San Francisco; took sketching trip to Lake Tahoe and Yosemite Valley, California

1871 Settled in Boston, Massachusetts

1872 First painted in the White Mountains

1873 First exhibited at the Boston Art Club

1873–75 Traveled in Europe

1876 Won medal at the U.S. Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia

1893–1904 Recorded on canvas the architecture of the four international expositions held in the United States during these years

1904–17 Resided in Washington, D.C.

1918 Returned to Boston and opened a studio

1920 Died in Baltimore, Maryland