Research material on George Peter Alexander Healy

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Healy, G. P. A. (George Peter Alexander), 1813-1894

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George Peter Alexander Healy (1813-1894) was an American portrait painter. He studied in Paris and painted in the U.S. and Europe. His best known works were portraits of Daniel Webster, Longfellow, and a series of U.S. presidents. From the guide to the G.P.A. Healy papers, 1843-1953, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Portrait and historical painter. Healy painted in the U.S. and Europe. From the description of George Peter Alexande...

Johnson, Eastman, 1824-1906

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American painter and printmaker Jonathan Eastman Johnson was born in Lovell, Maine in 1824. After apprenticing with a Boston lithographer, he moved to Washington D.C. in 1845 and became a portraitist of prominent Americans, including Daniel Webster and Dolly Madison. Beginning in 1849, Johnson spent two years at the Royal Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany, studying with Emanuel Leutze, and three years at The Hague. After returning to America in 1855, he settled in New York and focused on painting A...

La Farge, John, 1835-1910

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John LaFarge (1835-1910) was president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 613316806 John La Farge (1835-1910) was a painter, muralist, sculptor, and stained glass artisan. In 1904 he was serving as president of the Society of American Artists. From the description of John La Farge letter to Frank B. Bigelow, 1904 Oct. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 7...

De Mare, George, 1863-1907.

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Bridgman, Frederick Arthur, 1847-1928

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The American painter, composer, and author Frederick Arthur Bridgman was born in Tuskegee Alabama. He attended classes at the National Academy of Design in New York, and in 1866 went to study in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He exhibited at the Paris Salon and the Paris Exposition Universelles in 1879 and 1889. From the description of Letter to Mr. Hossack, 1899 Jan. 6. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78890054 Frederick A. Bridgman and his wife Martha we...

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Painter, inventor; New York, N.Y. and London, England. From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599940 From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007074 Author of account concerning deportation of 1100 workers and I.W.W. sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus, N.M., July 12, 1917. From the description of The truth about Bisbee...

Healy, Edith

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Couture, Thomas, 1815-1879

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Ledyard, Lewis Cass, 1851-1932.

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Born in Detroit, Michigan, Ledyard received the B.A. degree from Harvard College and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1875. He began the practice of law in New York City with the firm of Scudder & Carter, later Carter, Ledyard & Milburn. His father, Henry Ledyard, was a graduate of Columbia College (1830), lawyer, diplomat, and Mayor of Detroit. His mother, Matilda Frances Cass, was the daughter of General Lewis Cass, first governor of the Michigan Territory. From the des...

De Mare, Marie

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G.P.A. Healy was a 19th century portrait and historical painter, who painted in the U.S. and in Europe. From the description of Research material on George Peter Alexander Healy, 1811-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82380148 ...

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882

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Poet, from Cambridge (Middlesex Co.), Mass. From the description of Papers, 1859-1874. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19903002 American author and poet. From the description of A psalm of life, fourth verse, 1850. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 274069802 American teacher, translator, and poet. From the description of Letter, Nahant, Mass., to Mrs. T.B. Lawrence, Newport, 1872 July 20. (Boston Athenaeum...

Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963

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American author and critic. From the description of Typed letter signed : Westport, Ct., to Stark Young, 1937 Apr. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874884 Van Wyck Brooks was an author and educator, known for his study of, and influence on, American culture. After graduating from Harvard, he sought a literary career in New York and London, writing chiefly for magazines. While teaching at Stanford he developed his first books of criticism, leading up to his first signifi...