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Standing Bedouin by Frederic Edwin Church 1868. Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Church, Frederic Edwin | ||
The Carnation by Thomas Wilmer Dewing 1893. Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Dewing, Thomas Wilmer | ||
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,... | |
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... | |
Thomas Stone by Robert Edge Pine c. 1827 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Pine, Robert Edge | Thomas Stone (1743 – October 5, 1787) was an American planter who signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a delegate for Maryland. He later worked on the committee that formed the Articles of Confederation in 1777. He acted as President of Congress for a short time in 1784. | |
Thomas Stone (1) by Robert Edge Pine c. 1785 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Pine, Robert Edge | ||
Thomas Sumter by William G. Armstrong c. 1835 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Armstrong, William G. | Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) nicknamed the Carolina Gamecock, was a hero of the American Revolution and went on to become a longtime member of the Congress of the United States. Sumter was born in Virginia in 1734. His father was an emigrant from Wales. | |
Thunder Clouds, Jamaica by Frederic Edwin Church c.1865 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Church, Frederic Edwin | ||
Varina Howell Davis by John Wood Dodge 1849 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Dodge, John Wood | Varina Howell was a young woman of lively intellect and polished social graces who married Jefferson Davis when she was at the age of eighteen. As the wife of the president of the Confederacy, she lived in Richmond during the Civil War and admirably fulfilled her three primary roles as an affectionate spouse to a proud and sensitive husband, an... | |
Washington Allston by David Claypoole Johnston 1843 Smithsonian Institution New York, NY | Johnston, David Claypoole | Washington Allston (November 5, 1779 – July 9, 1843) was an American painter and poet, born in Waccamaw Parish, South Carolina. |
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