Katherine Garrison Chapin
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Katherine Garrison Chapin, sometimes known by her married name Katherine Biddle, was an American poet, librettist, and playwright. She is best known for two collaborations with composer William Grant
Chapin c. 1942
William Grant Still in 1949. Chapin collaborated with Still on And They Lynched Him on a Tree (1940) and Plain-Chant for America (1941).
Cornelia Van Auken Chapin
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Cornelia Van Auken Chapin was an American sculptor and animalier born in Waterford, Connecticut. She was known for her stone models of birds and animals, which she largely carved directly from life an
Katherine Garrison Chapin
…who graduated from Harvard Law School in 1874. Her parents were married on February 14, 1888, at 421 Fifth Avenue, Cornelia's family home. Her sister Cornelia became a sculptor. Her brother Lindley Hoffman Paul Chapin was the father of Schuyler Chapin. Her older paternal half-sister was the publisher Marguerite…
Frog by Chapin, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia
Drawing by Chapin (1934)
Bear by Chapin, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.