Catharine Merrill
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Catharine Merrill was an American educator, writer, and American Civil War nurse from Indiana who became the second female university professor in the United States. She is best remembered as a talent
1898 portrait
Catharine Merrill seated next to her sister
T. C. Steele
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Theodore Clement Steele was an American Impressionist painter known for his Indiana landscapes. Steele was an innovator and leader in American Midwest painting and is one of the most famous of Indiana
Catharine Merrill
…Merrill's former students, founded the Catharine Merrill Club in 1885 and named it in her honor. In 1889 the club commissioned Hoosier Group artist T. C. Steele to paint Merrill's portrait and gave it to her as a gift. The painting was later donated to Butler University. The Indianapolis Public Schools named…
Theodore Clement Steele
Steele pictured to the far left in the painting "The Art Jury" by Wayman Elbridge Adams
T. C. Steele home and studio