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  | Artist | Notes |
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 | Thomas B. Clarke by Charles Frederick Ulrich 1884 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Ulrich, Charles Frederick |  Thomas B. Clarke, a lace and linen manufacturer in New York, began buying works of art in 1872. Within a decade he became this country's foremost collector of contemporary American art. Clarke was influential in myriad aspects of the New York art world, for he was treasurer of the National Society of Arts, chair of the Union League Club's art... |
 | The Silver Goblet (Lucy May Stanton Self-Portrait) by Lucy May Stanton 1912 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Stanton, Lucy May | Lucy May Stanton was best known for her impressionistic watercolor-on-ivory portrait miniatures. She lived mostly in Georgia, but studied art in Paris around the turn of the century. An advocate for womans suffrage, Stanton was also well known in the art centers of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston. She presents herself in this large-scale portrait,... |
 | The Carnation by Thomas Wilmer Dewing 1893. Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Dewing, Thomas Wilmer | |
 | Standing Bedouin by Frederic Edwin Church 1868. Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Church, Frederic Edwin | |
 | Self-portrait, 1894 by Cecilia Beaux 1894 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Beaux, Cecilia | |
 | Salmon Portland Chase by Francis B. Carpenter 1861. Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Carpenter, Francis B. | |
 | Ruins of the Temple of Buccus, Baalbek, Syria by Frederic Edwin Church 1868. Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Church, Frederic Edwin | |
 | Robert Morris by Robert Edge Pine c. 1785 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Pine, Robert Edge | As the Second Continental Congress moved toward a vote for independence, Robert Morris, one of America's leading merchants, thought that the country was not ready for it. In the interest of colonial unity, Morris absented himself from the Pennsylvania delegation when the vote was taken on July 2, but added his signature to the embossed copy of the... |
 | Portrait of a Girl by Thomas Wilmer Dewing 1905 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Dewing, Thomas Wilmer | |
 | Patience Lovell Wright by Robert Edge Pine oil on canvas Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Pine, Robert Edge | Patience Wright, a Quaker widow from Bordentown New Jersey, looked to support her children by modeling in wax to produce lifelike figures of celebrities, exhibiting them with success in Philadelphia and New York. After a fire destroyed much of her collection, she went to England in 1772, where her artistic skill and engaging bluntness won her a... |
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