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![]() | Girl In Fur Hood (Head Of A Woman With Fur-lined Hood) ca. 1908 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Half Draped Figure ca. 1885 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Head Of A Boy ca. 1918-1919 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Jessie Jay Burge ca. 1880 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Male Wood Duck In A Forest Pool, Study For Book Concealing Coloration In The Animal Kingdom ca. 1905-1909 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | My Children ca. 1896-1910 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | ![]() 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... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | My Children (Mary, Gerald, And Gladys Thayer) ca. 1897 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Nantucket Sand Dune ca. 1890 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() 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... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Portrait Of A Lady (Mrs. William B. Cabot) 1900-1902 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() 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... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | Portrait Of A Woman (Miss Gertrude Bloede) ca. 1881 Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington, D.C. | ![]() 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.... | Unrated | Anonymous |
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