Portraits of his mother and of Booker T. Washington by Henry Ossawa Tanner, born And a portrait of Tanner by Thomas Eakins

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Re-discovered Cephas Thompson (1775-1856) yesterday. Such a fine, but neglected artist. Mrs. Thompson, ; William Vaughn, 1802; Eugene Higgins, 1812,

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Today’s research: Maria Howard Weeden (1846-1903), a near-sighted artist in Huntsville, Alabama. While others portrayed people of color stereotypically or cloyingly, “Howard” painted her subjects with honesty & respect in watercolor with 3-hair brushes

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