Hathaway, Esther A., 1876-1936,

Drawing created when the artist was a young student at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Mass. between 1897 and 1899. The sitter is unidentified although it is likely that she was a fellow student of Hathaway's. According to the donor, life portraits were done of class members after a student had successfully completed courses in drawing from plaster casts.

From the description of [Woman seen from behind] [graphic] / Esther A. Hathaway. [between 1897 and 1899] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 47779574

Drawing made by Hathaway when she was a young student at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Mass. in the late 1890s. Hathaway submitted this drawing for the Concours prize - a weekly competition held at the Cowles Art School. Although Hathaway's drawing was not awarded a prize or medal by the judges, her diary notes that her professor thought "my Concour drawing would have very good if I had kept my half tones subservient."

From the description of [Apollo Belvedere] [graphic] / Esther A. Hathaway. Jan. [18]98. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 47794045

Drawing created when the artist was a student at the Cowles Art School in Boston, Mass. The sitter is not identified although it is likely that the sitter was a fellow classmate of Hathaway's. According to the donor, life portraits were done of class members after a student had successfully completed courses in drawing from plaster casts.

From the description of [Young woman with long straight hair, hanging free over bare shoulders] [graphic] / Esther A. Hathaway. November 24 [18]98. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 47778893

Study done when the artist was a young student at Cowles Art School in Boston, Mass. in the late 1890s. Two "S" have been marked in the right margin of the drawing by Hathaway's instructor signifying his satisfaction with her work.

From the description of [Michelangelo's Dying slave] [graphic] / E. Hathaway. Dec. 8, [18]98. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 47812998

Drawing created by the artist when she was a young student at Cowles Art School in Boston, Mass. in the late 1890s. An "S" has been marked in the right margin by Hathaway's drawing instructor signifying his satisfaction with her drawing.

From the description of [Praxiteles' Hermes holding the infant Dionysus] [graphic] / E. Hathaway. Feb. [18]99. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 47787546

Drawing created when the artist was a young student at the Cowles Art School in Boston between 1897 and 1899. The sitter is unidentified, although it is likely that the sitter was a fellow student of Hathaway's. According to the donor, life portraits were done of class members after a student had successfully completed courses in drawing from plaster casts.

From the description of [Young woman wearing a hat] [graphic] / EH [monogram]. [between 1897 and 1899] (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 47777104

Esther Hathaway was born January 9, 1876, in Moretown, Vermont, the daughter of Asa Peck Hathaway and Alice Asenath Keeler. She lived in Montpelier and graduated from the Montpelier Seminary, where she took art classes on Saturday mornings from Miss Rood, a graduate of the Cowles Art School in Boston. Encouraged by Miss Rood, Esther enrolled at the Cowles School in 1897. She returned to Montpelier in 1899 and worked at the Department of Agriculture and at National Life Insurance Company. Esther died of pneumonia on December 24, 1936.

From the description of Esther A. Hathaway diaries, 1897-1936. (Vermont Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 60563186