Stephen Parrish letter

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Stephen Parrish letter

1887 Mar. 28

Letter to Miss Fowler, about her purchasing an etching of Parrish's.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8342774

Archives of American Art

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Parrish, Stephen, 1846-1938

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Stephen Parrish was a well known etcher and oil painter. He was born into a Quaker family in Philadelphia, PA, the son of a successful businessman and apothecary. Parrish, despite his Quaker background, was keenly interested in art from an early age and his rather stern parents seemed not to prevent this interest from developing. Parrish married Elizabeth Bancroft in 1869 and in 1870 their only son, Frederick, was born. Parrish operated a stationery store from 1870 until 1877 when he decided to ...