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Helen Farnsworth Mears

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Description: Helen Farnsworth Mears sitting on a ladder and resting her head against her hand.
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Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie, Wisconsin sculptor. The only sculptor for whom Lincoln posed, Ream received the controversial commission ...
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Young Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Head and shoulders oval-framed formal studio portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie.
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Portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Vinnie Ream Hoxie, when she was a clerk in the Post Office Department and at the beginning of her art career, age 15.
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Vinnie Ream with Lincoln Bust

Date: 1866
Description: Vinnie Ream posing in her studio in Washington, beside her bust of Lincoln which had been brought from the White House after the assassination.
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Helen Farnsworth Mears

Date: 1893
Description: Portrait of Oshkosh native Helen Farnsworth Mears, age 20, at the time of the unveiling of her sculpture, "Genius of Wisconsin," on display at the southwes...
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Jean Pond Miner with "Forward"

Date: 1893
Description: Sculptor Jean Pond Miner working on her statue "Forward" in the Wisconsin Building at the Columbian Exposition.
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Vinnie Ream Hoxie

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Description: Painting of Vinnie Ream Hoxie, Wisconsin sculptor.
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Sculpting a Figure

Date: 1950
Description: A female artist sculpting a female figure from clay.
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Artist Sculpts Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: An artist sculpts a bust from photographs of Margaret McGuire, the first Alice in Dairyland, most likely to be displayed at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposi...
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Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, Sculptor

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Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Harriet Hosmer (1830-1908), Massachusetts-based sculptor. Handwritten inscription at bottom of card reads, "Harriet ...
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Edmonia Lewis, Sculptor

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Edmonia Lewis (1845-1890), African American Sculptor. Lewis, the first famous American sculptor of African descent, had a Chipp...
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Madison Artists Exhibition Award Winners

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: Three award winners at the Madison Artists Exhibition. From left are Arthur Anderson of Stoughton, watercolor; Mrs. Martha Lauritzen of Madison, ceramics; ...
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Dorothea Schon, Scupltress

Date: 02 20 1949
Description: Dorothea Schon, Sun Prairie artist, at work in her studio on her sculpture of Christ the King. When it is completed, the four and a half by three foot wood...
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Madison Art Foundation Directors

Date: 08 11 1953
Description: Portrait of two members of the Madison Art Foundation board of directors, Elizabeth Harris (left), sculptress, and Gertrude Puestow, ceramicist. In the bac...
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Aunt Nellie

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait, with Stuart, center, and Frank B. Fargo Jr. posing with their "Aunt Nellie," Helen Farnsworth Mears. The boys are wearing jackets and neckt...
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Aunt Nellie

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of Helen Farnsworth Mears posing with her nephews Stuart Fargo, center, and Frank Fargo Jr. They are reading a book together. Mears is weari...
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Critic's Choice

Date: 1970
Description: A crowd browsing the art at a fair in a small town. The booth is displaying mostly owls and may belong to artist Clarence P. Cameron.

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