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He was born in the Close of Lincoln Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, May 1859. He was one of seven children, six boys and one girl. His father was a verger at the cathedral. [2] As a boy, William attended Lincoln School (now Lincoln Christ's Hospital School), and also earned money by guiding visitors up the central tower of the cathedral. [2]
Cooper was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 8, 1856, into a well-to-do family of English-Irish heritage. [1] He had four older and four younger siblings. His mother, Emily Williams Cooper, whose ancestor emigrated to the U.S. from Weymouth, England, [2] was an amateur painter in watercolors. [3]
This article lists the 116 National Historic Landmarks in New York City. One of the New York City sites is also a national monument, and there are two more national monuments in New York City. In New York state, there are 276 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), the most of any state.
Meière began her career designing costumes and sets for the theater. In 1921 she was introduced to the architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue who gave Meière her first major mural commission, the decoration of the Great Hall at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. [5] Goodhue also selected Meière to design the interiors of the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, Meière’s ...
Lincoln Cathedral, also called Lincoln Minster, [2] and formally the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln, is a Church of England cathedral in Lincoln, England. It is the seat of the bishop of Lincoln and is the mother church of the diocese of Lincoln .
Frederick Lincoln Stoddard (March 7, 1861 - February 24, 1940) was an artist known for his stained glass, paintings and murals, with notable pieces designed as public works in Missouri, New York, and Massachusetts.
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Apprenticed to John Raphael Smith, the mezzotinter and portrait painter, he bought his freedom from Smith in 1806, on condition that he supplied 18 oil paintings over the following two years. In 1806 he visited Lincoln for the first time, with the painter of historical subjects William Hilton , R.A., whose sister Harriet he married in 1810.