Jane Stuart, 1812-1888 daughter of Gilbert Charles Stuart. At age 16, when her father died with an estate of just over $300, she became responsible for supporting her family with her art. Read more.

Summer Afternoon along the River, Rhode Island by Frederick Stone Batcheller, oil on canvas, 36 ¼ x 54 ¼ inches, 1889

Mary Colman Wheeler, (1846-1920) founder of the Wheeler School in Providence, RI, oil on canvas, circa 1882-1905. At the El Paso Museum of Art.

Samuel Casey, 1723/4 - 1773, Little Rest (Kingston), Rhode Island, c. 1755, silver - Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

William Russell Sweet, (1860 - 1946) wood carved hutch cabinet created in 1896 themed after Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha", on loan at the Pettaquamscutt Historical Society Museum.

William Trost Richards, (1833 - 1905 ) oil on canvas, 25" x 40" 1875.