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  | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Major-General Henry Dearborn by Gilbert Stuart 1812 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Stuart, Gilbert |  Ownership History: Henry Dearborn, Boston and Roxbury, Mass., 1812; by descent to Henry Alexander Scammell Dearborn, Roxbury, Mass., 1829; by descent to Henry George Raleigh Dearborn (died 1884), Roxbury, Mass., 1851; by descent to Mrs. Henry George Raleigh Dearborn, Roxbury, Mass. 1884; sold to the Chicago Commercial Club, 1886; given by them to... |
 | Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst by James Peale 1790 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Peale, James | Publication History: Judith A. Barter et al, American Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago: From Colonial Times to World War I (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1998), pp. 124-128, no. 50. |
 | Mist Rising at Sunset in the Catskills by Sanford Robinson Gifford c. 1861 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Gifford, Sanford Robinson | |
 | Mother and Child by Mary Cassatt c. 1900 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Cassatt, Mary | Ownership History: The artist to Ambroise Vollard (1867-939), Paris, 1904 [Chicago 1998; letter from Abris Silberman of July 2, 1953, in curatorial file]; to E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York [Breeskin 1970]; to Dr. John Jay Ireland, Chicago, July 2, 1953 [letter mentioned above]; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1968. |
 | Mr. James Mackie by Samuel Lovett Waldo 1830/40 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Waldo, Samuel Lovett | |
 | Mrs. Charles Gifford Dyer by John Singer Sargent 1880 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Sargent, John Singer |
Mary
Anthony, the wife of Charles Gifford Dyer (1851-1912) American painter best
known for his landscpae paintings Italy, Egypt and
Syria.
Older than Sargent, Dyer had studied in Paris under Jacquesson de la Chevreuse and
had entered the Royal academy at Munich in 1871.
Dyer spent
most of his professional life between Munich and Paris with six... |
 | Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene) by John Singleton Copley c. 1764 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Copley, John Singleton | |
 | Mrs. George Lingen by Thomas Sully 1842 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Sully, Thomas | |
 | Mrs. George Swinton (nee Elizabeth "'Elsie" Ebsworth) by John Singer Sargent 1897 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Sargent, John Singer |
From: "A Numerous and Fashionable
Audience: The Story of Elsie Swinton,"
by David Greer
Posted: Wed, 30 Oct 2002
Elizabeth
"'Elsie" Swinton (1874-1966), nee Ebsworth, was a prominent society
lady in Edwardian England, who in 1906 took the unusual step (for a person of
her social rank in those days) of becoming a professional singer,... |
 | Mrs. James Mackie by Samuel Lovett Waldo 1830/40 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Waldo, Samuel Lovett |
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