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Hannah T. Jenkins
Annie W. Jones
Elizabeth Macdowell Kenton
Susan M. Ketcham
Anna Klumpke
Ella C. Lamb
Bertha S. Lee
Caroline Lord
Florence MacKubin

Hannah Tempest Jenkins (1865-1927)

Early Morning Sun, Bois de Boulogne, Paris (c. 1900)--
representative work.
 

Little Elsie--representative work
 

Landscape and Still Life (images unavailable)--
oils exhibited at the 1893 Exposition.

Hannah T. Jenkins was born in Pennsylvania and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, followed by studies in Paris at the Academie Julian and in Japan under Tackouchi Seiho.  She taught art for many years at several colleges and was the head of the art department at Pomona College in California.  "Jenkins" is her married name.

Annie Weaver Jones (c. 1862-1911?)

A Quiet Moment (1895)--
representative watercolor.
 

Easter Lilies--watercolor exhibited in
Fine Arts Palace, 1893 Exposition.

Annie W. Jones was born in Tennessee but lived for most of her career in Chicago where, in 1870, she shared a studio with prominent Chicago artist Pauline Dohn [Rudolph]. Jones studied art at the Chicago Academy of Design, the Art Students League in New York, and in Paris. 

Biography/image--click on "Biography" and "Example of Work"

Elizabeth Macdowell Kenton (1858 - 1953)
 

Daydreams [Portrait of Caroline Eakins]--exhibited
in the Fine Arts Palace, 1893 Exposition
 

The daughter of a respected Philadelphia engraver and the sister of artist Susan Macdowell Eakins who also exhibited at the 1893 Exposition, Elizabeth Macdowell Kenton studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  She was briefly married to Louis N. Kenton.  No other information is available online.

Susan Merrill Ketcham (1841-1930)
 

Coastal Landscape (oil)--representative work.

Landscape [title unknown]--representative work

Reflection--representative work

Misty Waves and Rocky Shore-- representative work

Portrait of a Lady c. 1890 (image unavailable)--
exhibited in the Fine Arts Palace, 1893 Exposition.
 

Susan M. Ketcham was born in Indiana and studied at the Indiana School of Arts, the Chicago Academy of Design, and the New York Art Students League, and in Europe.  Some of her studies were under William Merritt Chase at his Shinnecock Summer School of Art.  No other information is available online.

Seascape

Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856-1942)
 

In the Wash House (1887)-- representative work.

Portrait of Rosa Bonheur (1898)-- representative work

Catinou Knitting (or here)-- representative work

The Breeze--representative work

Among the Lilies (1909)--
representative work

Reverie (1891)--
representative work
 

Portrait of Miss M. D. (image unavailable)--
 exhibited in Women's Building, 1893 Exposition.

San Francisco-born Anna E. Klumpke was raised in Switzerland by her mother.  In 1883, Klumpke enrolled at the Académie Julian where she studied under Robert-Fleury and Jules LeFebvre.  By 1889, she had won a prize from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for In the Wash House (for the finest figure painting).  In 1898, she worked on an impressive portrait of Rosa Bonheur whom she had admired since childhood; Klumpke became the companion of the elderly artist during the last year of her life, writing her biography and inheriting Bonheur's studio estate.

Biography
2 images (Portrait of Rosa Bonheur; Portrait of Mary Copley Thaw)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton 1889
Biography/Images--click on "Biography" and "Examples of Work"
Little Lady Blanche, 1884
Rodin on his Death bed 1917 black chalk
The Artist's Father 1912

Ella (Grace) Condie Lamb (1862-1936) 
 

Russell/Martindale Meserole Stained Glass Window
(see enlarged detail here)--representative work.

Ella Condie Lamb was born in New York where, at age 16, she enrolled in the National Academy of Design. After further study at the New York Art Students League, in London, and in Paris at the Colarossi academy, she began receiving recognition for her mosaics and stained glass, as well as paintings, sculptures, and illustrations. She was married to architect Charles Rollinson Lamb.  Some of her stained glass art was produced by J. & R. Lamb Studios (her husband's family business in ecclesiastical art).  She won a medal at the 1893 Exposition.

Biography
Biography/image--click on "Biography" and "Examples of Work"

Bertha Elizabeth Stringer Lee (1869/73?-1937)
 

Pacific Trees--representative work

Monterey Landscape--representative work
 

Monteray Coast--representative landscape

It is unclear which work(s) Lee
exhibited at the 1893 Exposition.

Bertha S. Lee was born into a wealthy San Francisco family which encouraged her interest in art.  After studying with William Keith and at the California School of Design with Arthur Mathews, she went on to study in New York and Paris, returning later to her native city to set up her studio. She often painted scenes of the Monterey Peninsula and the San Francisco Bay area. She was married to Louis Eugene Lee.

La Honda Mountains
Eucalyptus Grove
Sunset on the Pacific
Wild Flowers along the Coast
Marine painting [title unknown]--scroll down the page.
Marine painting [title unknown]
Biography/images--click on "image gallery"
Hay Barge at the Wharf

Caroline Augusta Lord (1860-1927)
 

Woman with Geraniums--
representative work.
 

Portrait of a Woman (1924)--
representative work
 

It is unclear which work(s) Lord exhibited at the
1893 Exposition, but she won a bronze medal.

The daughter of the president of the Lafayette, Indianapolis, and Cincinnati Railroad, Caroline Augusta Lord studied art at the Cincinnati Art Academy, the Art Students League in New York, and the Académie Julian and the Academy Delecluse in Paris. She taught for 25 years at the Cincinnati Art Academy and exhibited widely. Like her friend Elizabeth Nourse, Lord often painted domestic subjects and common laborers.

Woman Sewing (late 1890s)--includes short biography.
Self-portrait 1911
Acme Laundry; Acme Laundry in Cincinnati; Acme Laundry in Cincinnati (3 different paintings)
Landscape [title unknown]

Florence MacKubin (1861-1918)

Mrs. John Peter Ritter (miniature)
[Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture]
--representative work

Portrait of Thomas Swann (1906)--
representative work
 

Portrait Study in Yellows (image unavailable)--
exhibited in Fine Art Palace, 1893 Exposition

Although her parents were Americans, Florence MacKubin was born in Florence, Italy, and studied art in Fontainebleau, in Munich, and in Paris. She was commissioned by the State of Maryland to copy the portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, for whom Maryland was named; her copy hangs in the Annapolis State House.  MacKubin evidently specialized in portraits (miniatures, pastels, and oil colors) of governors, government officials, and socially prominent women. At the 1893 Exposition, she exhibited 58 pastels and won a Bronze Medal.

10 portraits
Henrietta Maria, Queen Consort of England
Mrs. Hoar 1898
Mary E. Wilkins 1899
Miniature Portrait
 

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Posted: 6-25-02; Updated: 10-22-07