2002.11, George G. Elmslie, Capital from the Thomas A. Edison School, Hammond, Indiana
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In the mid 1930s, the town of Hammond, Indiana, commissioned architects George Grant Elmslie and William Hutton to design three school complexes, Elmslie's last major project.
George Grant Elmslie (American, born in Britain, 1871-1952)
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Born in Scotland, George Grant Elmslie settled in Chicago with his family in 1884. After high school, he entered the office of architect Joseph Lyman Silsbee and in 1889 joined the staff of the firm led by Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan. He served alongside the young Frank Lloyd Wright in both offices.
145.1994.3 Beaux, At the Piano
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57.2006.4 Maurice Prendergast, Seashore, Crepuscule 1907
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This image of fashionably dressed strollers enjoying th
EXLOAN.10.2015.1 Frank Benson, The Hill Top
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Standing on a grassy hill, an attractive young brunette woman-- seen entirely in profile-- shades her eyes from the bright summer sun with the brim of her large hat. The model is the artist's daughter Elizabeth, who married Charles M.A.
EXLOAN.10.2015.3, Frieseke, Girl Arranging Her Hair
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Standing on a grassy hill, an attractive young brunette woman-- seen entirely in profile-- shades her eyes from the bright summer sun with the brim of her large hat. The model is the artist's daughter Elizabeth, who married Charles M.A.
1940.25 Sargent, Portrait of John D. Rockefeller
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Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936)
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Born in Brooklyn, Charles Rohlfs was educated at the Cooper Union "School of Science" before securing a position as a designer of cast iron stoves. During the 1870s and 1880s, Rohlfs pursued a career as an actor while maintaining contracts with various foundries for his design work.2007.65 After Charles Robert Ashbee, Two-handled dish
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The overall form of this dramatic dish, with its elongated handles capped by jade cabochons, is remarkably similar to a porringer designed by British Arts & Crafts designer Charles Robert Ashbee for the Guild of Handicraft (20