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Maremaid

by Mary Ann Willson

1820
Watercolor on paper
H-13 W-16 inches

Fenimore Art Museum

Cooperstown, NY

Willson, Mary Annnotes
The mermaid is most widely seen in Germanic decorative arts. Willson's depiction might indicate that she was aware of Germanic decorative traditions, but her heritage is more likely English. Her Maremaid resembles the subject of an 18th-century trade sign and trade card from London. Brandishing a weapon in each hand, rather than a mirror and comb, as...
Lyman Kingman

by Susan C. Waters

1845
oil on canvas
H-32 W-27 D-1 inches

Fenimore Art Museum

Cooperstown, NY

Waters, Susan C.notes
Portrait of man in black suit, holding sheet of paper, with shelves of books at right and drapery at upper left. Marks: Paper label attached to reverse of canvas, upper right, has hand-written inscription: "Lyman Kingman/Aged 23 years/1845/Painted by Susan C. Waters."
Helen M. Kingman

by Susan C. Waters

1845
oil on canvas
H-30 W-25 inches

Fenimore Art Museum

Cooperstown, NY

Waters, Susan C.notes
Portrait of a girl in salmon pink dress, seated in a stenciled chair, against a gray wall with potted plant in window at upper right. Marks: Painted in script on reverse of canvas is "Helen M. Kingman/Aged 15 Years, /1845/Painted by/Mrs. Susan C. Waters"
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