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Girl In Fur Hood (Head Of A Woman With Fur-lined Hood)

ca. 1908
oil on canvas
21 x 17 1/16 in. (53.3 x 43.3 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Half Draped Figure

ca. 1885
oil on canvas
71 3/8 x 47 3/4 in. (181.3 x 121.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Head Of A Boy

ca. 1918-1919
Oil on board
25 13/16 x 24 in. (65.5 x 61 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Jessie Jay Burge

ca. 1880
oil on canvas
19 15/16 x 15 15/16 in. (50.6 x 40.5 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

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Male Wood Duck In A Forest Pool, Study For Book Concealing Coloration In The Animal Kingdom

ca. 1905-1909
oil on canvas
20 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (51.3 x 51.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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My Children

ca. 1896-1910
oil on canvas
48 1/16 x 60 3/8 in. (122.1 x 153.3 cm)

Brooklyn Museum

New York, NY

notes
Although Abbott Handerson Thayer's children (Gladys, Mary, and Gerald, left to right) modeled for this painting, it does not look like a standard portrait, and the children's actual identities may have little to do with Thayer's overall aims for the work. The painting was not intended to convey a particular religious content, but its composition and...
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My Children (Mary, Gerald, And Gladys Thayer)

ca. 1897
oil on canvas
86 1/4 x 61 1/8 in. (219.1 x 155.1 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

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Nantucket Sand Dune

ca. 1890
oil on canvas
18 x 40 1/8 in. (45.6 x 101.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This painting was originally attributed to Abbott Handerson Thayer, but closer study reveals it to be by Philadelphia artist Charles Morgan McIlhenney. McIlhenney exhibited a few times at the Boston Art Club and spent time sketching on Nantucket, probably in the late 1880s. Many painters in the late nineteenth century went on sketching trips to New...
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Portrait Of A Lady (Mrs. William B. Cabot)

1900-1902
oil on canvas
39 x 32 3/8 in. (99.1 x 82.3 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
This is a portrait of the wife of William Brooks Cabot, an accomplished civil engineer in Boston and a close friend of the artists. Abbott Thayer began working on Mrs. Cabots portrait when he was preparing to depart for Cornwall, England. He not only carried the canvas abroad with him, but also took Mrs. Cabots dress so he could refer to it as he...
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Portrait Of A Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede)

ca. 1881
oil on canvas
16 5/8 x 14 in. (42.2 x 35.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Gertrude Bloede was the sister of Abbott Thayers first wife, Kate. The Bloedes were German immigrants who lived in Brooklyn and regularly entertained a circle of intellectuals. Both daughters were highly creative and independent: Kate was an artist, and Gertrude was a noted writer who published her romantic poetry under the pseudonym Stuart Sterne....
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