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Frank Weston Benson - Summer, 1890, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery,
oil on canvas

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2022-07-24

Mary Wright Alsop (1740-1829) of Middletown, CT. Like her mother, she also sat for Ralph Earl in 1792. The sheen of her green silk gown and the reflection of her forearm in the table’s polished surface are especially satisfying.

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2022-01-11

Hannah Gilbert (1718-1804) of Middletown, Connecticut, married to Joseph Wright (1705-1775) in 1739 and painted by Ralph Earl in 1792 as a widow.

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2022-01-09

Detail, Achelous and Hercules, 1947. Love this story as imagined through Benton's Midwestern lens.

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2017-09-04

The Luce Center Art Storage Center has didactic signage about accession & addresses core questions.

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2017-09-04