John Butler Talcott
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John Butler Talcott was a New Britain, Connecticut industrialist and philanthropist who founded the New Britain Museum of American Art, the oldest museum dedicated solely to American art.
John Butler Talcott by William Merritt Chase
New Britain Museum of American Art
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The New Britain Museum of American Art is an art museum in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, it is the first museum in the country dedicated to American art.
Chase Family Building New Britain Museum of American Art
Sir Richard Arkwright, oil on canvas, Mather Brown, 1790. Collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art
Joseph Rusling Meeker, Louisiana Bayou, 1867
The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy (detail) by Graydon Parrish. Collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art