John Elliott (artist)
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John Elliott was an artist, illustrator, and muralist. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian under Carolus-Duran. In 1878, he went to Rome to study with José Villeg
John Elliott Portrait by José Villegas Cordero, 1905
DETAIL: "The Triumph of Time" Mural by John Elliott at the Boston Public Library
Samuel Gridley Howe
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Samuel Gridley Howe was an American medical doctor, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. He organized and was the first director of the Perkins Institution. In 1824, he went to Greec
John Elliott (artist)
…William Henry Cotton after Elliott's death . On display at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Chevalier, a portrait in oil on canvas Samuel Gridley Howe as Surgeon General in the Greek War for Independence, wearing the costume of a Greek soldier. It currently hangs in the John Hay Library at Brown…
Samuel Gridley Howe
Samuel Gridley Howe painted in the dress of a Greek soldier by John Elliott. Elliott married Howe's daughter Maud Howe.
Perkins School, prior to 1915
Between 1863 and 1866, Samuel Gridley and Julia Ward Howe lived at 13 Chestnut Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston.