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Art and handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1894)

Elliott, Maud Howe, 1854-1948 · Chicago : Rand, McNally · leaf 49

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ucia Fairchild of Boston, a young artist of greatpromise, has chosen for her subject a group of women engaged indomestic labor. In the foreground a kneeling girl is washingdishes in a pool of still water; one of her sisters stands beside herdrying a pewter basin. On the left, under the porch of a… … IN THE WOMANS BUILDING. 47 on a white garment. At a little distance a group of children sur-round their teacher, who, with an open book upon her knees, isholding school out of doors. It is the springtime of the year andof the nation; from the green plain stretching toward the distantsea the trees…

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.) · Women artists · Decorative arts

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