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[Opinions] Names from American portraits
by
Tuesday
(trayc53)
6/3/2016, 8:12 AM
I visited the
Brooklyn
Museum yesterday, and they have a pretty extensive American
Art
section. Most of the earlier pieces (from 1600s to early 1800s) are portraits, either commissioned or just of artists' family members. I noticed some more interesting women's names among all the Elizabeths and Janes that I wanted to share.
Arabella
Clarissa
x2
Deborah
Eleanor
&
Rosalba
(sisters) ('ve noticed too that
Rembrandt
Peale, the artist and father of these women, has a lot of interesting artistic names in his family)
Henrietta
Hester
Lavinia
Letitia
(Here are some of the paintings I could find from
Brooklyn
Museums website. Gives more relevant cultural information too.)
Clarissa
-
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/965/Clarissa_Seymour_later_Mrs._Truman_Marsh
Deborah
-
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/691/Deborah_Hall
Eleanor
&
Rosalba
-
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1357/The_Sisters_Eleanor_and_Rosalba_Peale
Henrietta
-
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/145/Mrs._Robert_Nicholls_Henrietta_Overing_Auchmuty
Hester
-
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/344/Portrait_of_a_Woman_possibly_Mrs._James_%7CHester_Stanton_Plaisted%7C_Gooch
Lavinia
-
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/714/Wyntje_Lavinia_Van_Vechten
Letitia
-
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/307/Letitia_Wilson_Jordan
--
"We are all horrible and wonderful and figuring it out." -
Harris
Wittels
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Names from American portraits
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Tuesday
·
6/3/2016, 8:12 AM
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Re: Names from American portraits
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egyptianpanda
·
6/6/2016, 9:34 AM
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Re: Names from American portraits
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Luccca
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6/4/2016, 3:55 AM