Exhibition Note: Lyme Artists and the Changing Landscape at Ferry Point
by Carolyn Wakeman Featured image (above): Ellen Noyes Chadwick, View of [...]
Documents: Sketches in an Autograph Book
Midway through Rev. William B. Cary’s leather-bound autograph book, Florence Griswold (1850–1937) and her sisters inscribed their names. They also contributed finely detailed sketches displaying their varied musical and artistic talents.
Documents: Griswold Home School, Part I–Beginnings
Although Florence Griswold’s unique role in the history of American art has been well documented, we have known surprisingly little about her life as head of the Griswold Home School, an educational institution which preceded the arrival of her artist boarders and occupied the four women of the Griswold family for fourteen years from 1878 to 1892. But by tracking newly uncovered historical sources, we now know much more about the workings of the school and about Florence Griswold in her position of school administrator.
Profiles: Ernestina Fisher Coult (1842-1919)
Old Lyme’s prominent families traditionally used marriage ties to extend their property, wealth, and status. William Ely Coult (1797–1877) ignored that precedent when at age 65 he married the young German woman who worked as his household servant.
Exhibition Notes: Needlework and the Education of Girls
by Caroline Fraser Zinsser, Ph.D. Introduction This paper will address [...]
