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Alone - The Widower
Edward Lamson Henry (American Painter, 1841-1919) The Widower 1873Edward Lamson Henry (1841–1919) was an American genre painter born in Charleston, South Carolina who came to live in New York at an...
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19C Woman's Work - Sewing & Bearing Children (Plus Cleaning & Cooking)
Edward Lamson Henry (American Painter, 1841-1919) Woman with a BabyEdward Lamson Henry (1841–1919) was an American genre painter born in Charleston, South Carolina who came to live in New York at an...
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1892 A New Kind of Woman - Contemporaries both Hostile & Confused
Edward Lamson Henry (American Painter, 1841-1919) The New Woman 1892Edward Lamson Henry (1841–1919) was an American genre painter born in Charleston, South Carolina who came to live in New York at an...
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Courting While Doing Chores in 1835-36 Rural America
.William Sidney Mount (American painter, 1807-1868) Courtship while Winding Up 1836.William Sidney Mount (American painter, 1807-1868) The Sportsman's Last Visit 1835.
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Soda Fountains, Phosphates, & Ice Cream in 19C America
What were soda fountains? The simplest answer is that a soda fountain was an apparatus that dispensed carbonated water (known as “soda water” in the United States). But the term eventually expanded to...
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Genre Paintings of Everyday Life in 19th-Century America
.Carl Hirschberg (American artist, 1854 – 1923) The OrangeGeorge Caleb Bingham (American artist, 1811-1879) Raftsmen playing cardsGeorge Caleb Bingham (American artist, 1811-1879) The Jolly...
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Women Reading by Seymour Joseph Guy (1824-1910)
Seymour Joseph Guy (1824-1910) Summer IssueAlthough born in England, Seymour Joseph Guy became one of America’s most famous genre painters, celebrated for his delicate genre paintings of women &...
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Whipping Post in 1896
. Edward Lamson Henry (American Painter, 1841-1919) Pilory and Whipping Post New Castle Delaware 1896Edward Lamson Henry (1841–1919) was an American genre painter born in Charleston, South Carolina who...
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A Fashionable, but Unidentified 1830s Woman from Jonas W. Holman 1805-1873
Jonas W. Holman (1805-1873) grew up in Maine. In 1824, he studied theology at Waterville (Colby) College in Maine. He moved to the Boston area by the 1830s, where he was a minister and portrait...
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American Folk Art - Quirky Portraits of Early 19C American Women
Almira Wheaton (American, 1804-1881) Lady in a Straw Hat 1824-1825Several New England artists shared a unique painting style during the 1820s-30s. Women depicted by these artists exhibit several...
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Today in History - Abraham Lincoln's Inauguration
.Abraham Lincoln Photographer Alexander Gardner Albumen silver print, 1861"James Buchanan, among the lamest of lame ducks, presided over the White House in the last few days before Abraham Lincoln took...
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A Few Portraits of Women by Sarah Miriam Peale (American painter, 1800-1885)
.Sarah Miriam Peale was a daughter of artist James Peale, brother of artist Charles Willson Peale, who both taught her to paint. As a young girl, she assisted her father & her sister, Anna...
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American Women in Miniatures by Sarah & Eliza Goodridge Goodrich (1788-1853)
Sarah Goodridge Goodrich (American miniaturist, 1788-1853) Self-Portrait c 1825Miniaturitst Sarah Goodridge (or sometimes Goodrich, 1788-1853) was born the 6th of 9 children in Massachusetts in 1788....
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Edgar Melville Ward (American Painter, 1839-1915)
.Edgar Melville Ward (American, 1839-1915) Resting 1883-4.
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1830s American Woman with a Locket
Milton W. Hopkins (1789-1844) Unknown Lady Wearing a Locket. Milton W. Hopkins was a painter active in Ohio and New York for about a decade between 1835 and 1844.
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Today in History - The Light Bulb
.On this day, October 21, 1879,Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Using a filament of carbonized thread, Thomas Edison tested the 1st electric...
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American Plant Collector Elizabeth Emerson Atwater (1812-1878)
Plant Collector Elizabeth Emerson Atwater (1812-1878)Elizabeth E. Atwater (born in Norwich, Vermont) started her education in Norwich until she was fourteen, and then attended the distinguished women’s...
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On Bathing & Excercise for the 1891 American Girl
.From the 1891 Godey’s Lady’s Book, alternatively known as Godey’s Magazine and Lady’s Book, a monthly magazine published in Philadelphia.The Toilet by Olivia PhillipsTHE BATH AND EXERCISE.THE first...
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19th-Century American Women by Erastus Salisbury Field 1805-1900
.Erastus Salisbury Field (American artist, 1805-1900) Maryette Field Marsh 1836Erastus Salisbury Field was born in Leverett, Massachusettes on May 19, 1805 and died there on June 28, 1900. He studied...
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