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Thomas Buchanan Read (March 12, 1822 – May 11, 1872) was an American poet and painter. His portraits include many famous individuals including Robert Browning, Joseph Harrison Jr., William Henry Harrison, Abraham Lincoln, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Alfred Tennyson.
Laurel Hill Cemetery is a historic garden or rural cemetery established in 1836 in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 74-acre grounds contain over 11,000 family lots and more than 33,000 graves, including many notable burials. [1
Albert Newsam (May 20, 1809 – November 20, 1864) was an American lithographer and painter. He was born deaf in Steubenville, Ohio, and orphaned as a small child.He displayed artistic talent at an early age, was brought to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf.
Markets, installations, bookclubs and more. Laurel Hill, a historic 265-acre cemetery and arboretum in Philadelphia, is located within a trail system so it's a regular walking and hiking spot for ...
Aerial view of Laurel Hill Cemetery (on the left) near the Schuylkill River and nearby Mount Vernon Cemetery (on the right) The Yellow Fever Memorial was built in 1855 to honor Philadelphia's "Doctors, Druggists and Nurses" who helped fight the epidemic in Portsmouth, Virginia [8] The cemetery was designed by John Notman with strings of terraces that descend to the Schuylkill River
After several false starts, the film was finally produced in 1933. His work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. [46] George Gibbs died on October 10, 1942, after a long illness. [1] He was buried on October 14 in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. [47] [48]
Cooper continued to enjoy traveling, and kept painting until prevented from doing so by failing eyesight in his last years. [3] He died in Santa Barbara on November 6, 1937, at the age of 81. [10] He is interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. In 1938 Santa Barbara's Faulkner Memorial Art Gallery paid tribute to ...
Meade's tombstone in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Meade was presented with a gold medal from the Union League of Philadelphia in recognition for his success at Gettysburg. [150] Meade was a commissioner of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia from 1866 until his death. The city of Philadelphia gave Meade's wife a house at 1836 Delancey Place in which he ...