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  | Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mrs. Reuben Allerton (Lois Atherton) by Ammi Phillips 1821/22 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Phillips, Ammi | |
 | Mrs. Klapp (Anna Milnor) by Thomas Sully 1814 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Sully, Thomas |  Ownership History: Dr. Joseph Klapp (died 1843), Philadelphia, Pa., 1814; by descent to Dr. William Henry Klapp (died 1855), 1843. By descent to Dr. William H. Klapp (died 1924), Philadelphia, Pa., by 1921; by descent to Langdon Williams (married to Anna Klapp, daughter of Dr. William H. Klapp), Philadelphia, Pa. by 1924. Richard C. Morrison,... |
 | Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) And John Nicholson, Jr. by Charles Willson Peale 1790 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Peale, Charles Willson | |
 | Mrs. James Mackie by Samuel Lovett Waldo 1830/40 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Waldo, Samuel Lovett | |
 | 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. George Lingen by Thomas Sully 1842 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Sully, Thomas | |
 | Mrs. Daniel Hubbard (Mary Greene) by John Singleton Copley c. 1764 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Copley, John Singleton | |
 | 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... |
 | Mr. James Mackie by Samuel Lovett Waldo 1830/40 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | Waldo, Samuel Lovett | |
 | 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. |
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