Keyes, Alicia M. (Alicia Mulliken), 1855-1924

Artist & art teacher/lecturer; resident of Concord, Mass. Born in Concord, daughter of John Shepard Keyes & Martha Lawrence Prescott Keyes, 6/13/1855; died in Concord 6/1/1924. Sister of Annie S. Keyes (Mrs. Edward Waldo Emerson), Florence Keyes (Mrs. Charles Walcott), & Prescott Keyes. Stayed with Emersons, under particular care of Ellen Emerson, during winter of 1862, when Keyes family lived in Boston. After Civil War, family bought Bullet Hole House on Monument Street in Concord.

(Cont.) After attending boarding school in Belmont, Alicia returned to Concord, studied with Mary Wheeler, later studied art with May Alcott. Having suffered illness & emotional instability, she left in 1884 with companion Alice Curtis for Europe (England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, France, & Italy), where she broadened her understanding of art. They travelled for three years & returned to Concord. Instructor in art at Wellesley College, 1899-1902; regular lecturer in art at Museum of Fine Arts in Boston ca. 1911 to 1924.

(Cont.) Alicia Keyes had many friends & acquaintances, including John Singer Sargent & Isabella Stewart Gardner. Deeply religious; member of the First Parish in Concord. Buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord.

From the description of Alicia M. Keyes papers, 1877-1941 (bulk 1882-1924). (Concord Public Library). WorldCat record id: 33883214