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 | Nathaniel Olds by Jeptha Homer Wade 1837 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Wade, Jeptha Homer |  The green-tinted spectacles worn by Olds were designed to protect the eyes from the intensity of Argand lamps, a type of indoor light used during the early 1800s. These lamps burned whale oil, and many people worried that its bright flames might damage eyesight.The painter of this portrait founded the Western Union Telegraph Company in 1854 and soon... |
 | Hunter and Indian Guide by C.L. Woodhouse 1869 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Woodhouse, C.L. | |
 | Landscape by Preston Dickinson Pencil and pastel Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Dickinson, Preston | |
 | Winter by Preston Dickinson c. 1913 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Dickinson, Preston | |
 | High Bridge by Preston Dickinson c. 1915 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Dickinson, Preston | |
 | Harlem River, New York City by Preston Dickinson c. 1920 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Dickinson, Preston | |
 | Harlem River, New York by Preston Dickinson c.1922 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Dickinson, Preston | |
 | Mountain Farm in the Snow by Preston Dickinson c. 1913 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Dickinson, Preston | |
 | Capri Lace Maker by George Bernard Butler 1884 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Butler, George Bernard | George Butler studied with the American artist Thomas Hicks in New York City before going to Paris in 1859 to study with Thomas Couture, whose most famous pupils included Edouard Manet and Puvis de Chavannes. He returned to the United States and served in the Union Army during the Civil War (1861-65), at which point he lost his right arm. He went to... |
 | Mrs Ralph Curtis (Lisa de Wolfe Colt) by John Singer Sargent 1898 Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, OH | Sargent, John Singer |
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Friend of the JSS Gallery
There is
another painting by Sargent that I did not see on your site. I'm not sure if it is listed anywhere on
the web, but I thought you might like to see it. It has been on exhibition in the
Cleveland Museum of Art since it was acquired in 1998. It is not a well-known
piece because it hasn't left the... |
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