Artful Women
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hile researching the paintings in Artful Stories, co-curator Peter Trippi and I learned about a range of extraordinary New England women. Some were the subjects of portraits while others were artists, collectors, or patrons. Here are a few of their stories.
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Historic New England Fall 2020
ARTISTS
by NANCY CARLISLE Senior Curator of Collections
ELIZABETH ADAMS (1825–1898) Copying the work of other artists is a time-honored way for painters to improve their own technique. Alas, most copies are painted over or destroyed. Few are framed, and even fewer make their way into museum collections. This one is an exception and the story
