Sarah C. Frothingham
Illustration — Sarah C. Frothingham Sarah Carter Frothingham (1821–July 20, 1861) was an American miniature painter.
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Sarah C. Frothingham
James Frothingham · National Academy of Design · Public domain
- Full name
- Sarah Carter Frothingham.
- Born
- 1821. · Boston.
- Died
- 1861. · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Fields
- portrait.
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Illustration — Sarah C. Frothingham Sarah Carter Frothingham (1821–July 20, 1861) was an American miniature painter.
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Sarah C. Frothingham (1821–1861) was an American painter. Born Sarah Carter Frothingham in Boston, the painter died in New York City.
Genres include portrait. Works by Sarah C. Frothingham are held at Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Sarah C. Frothingham was born in 1821 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Her father, James Frothingham (1786–1864), who was an academic and portrait painter, was her instructor. In 1837, when she was sixteen years old, she first exhibited her paintings at the National Academy of Design. Between 1837 and 1845, she did most of her paintings in New York. She also showed her miniature paintings at the exhibitions held in the Boston Athenaeum, the Boston Artists' Association, and the Brooklyn (New York) Institute. In 1841, she was elected as an associate of the National Academy of Design. However, her membership was forfeited for not presenting a portrait of herself within one year of election as per the by-laws of the academy. In 1846, on her second election, a portrait of her painted by her father secured her place at the academy. She died on July 20, 1861, in New York City.
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Frothingham was recorded at birth as Sarah Carter Frothingham. The authorities additionally record the headings Sara Carter Frothingham, Sara C. She was the child of James Frothingham.
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What the record establishes about Sarah C. Frothingham is recorded as a citizen of United States. Frothingham is recorded with the occupation painter. Frothingham is classed in the genre portrait.
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1821
Sarah C. Frothingham was born in 1821.
1861
Sarah C. Frothingham died at New York City.
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- 1.Dearinger, David Bernard. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. Hudson Hills. 216. 2004. 978-1-555-95029-3.
- 2.Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer. American Women Artists: From Early Indian Times to the Present. Avon. 441. 1982. 978-0-816-18535-1.
- 3.Caldwell, John. American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. 1: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 364. March 1, 1994.
- 4.Cummings, Thomas Seir. Historic Annals of the National Academy of Design, New York Drawing Association, Etc: With Occasional Dottings by the Way-side, from 1825 to the Present Time. G. W. Childs. 303. 1861.
- 5.Smithsonian American Art Museum. Sarah C. Frothingham. americanart.si.edu.
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