Edwin Romanzo Elmer
Illustration — Elmer's Mourning Picture (1890) Edwin Romanzo Elmer (1850–1923) was an American portrait, genre and still life painter. Known for his attention to detail, he was also an inventor of a machine for braiding horsewhips. Spending most of his life in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Elmer is best known for his painting Mourning Picture.
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Edwin Romanzo Elmer
Edwin Romanzo Elmer · 1890 · Public domain
- Born
- 1850 · Ashfield.
- Died
- 1923 · Ashfield.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- painting
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Elmer's Mourning Picture (1890) Edwin Romanzo Elmer (1850–1923) was an American portrait, genre and still life painter. Known for his attention to detail, he was also an inventor of a machine for braiding horsewhips. Spending most of his life in Ashfield, Massachusetts, Elmer is best known for his painting Mourning Picture.
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Born at Ashfield in 1850, died in Ashfield in 1923.
The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait.
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