biographie de Ann HARPER (1820-1890)

Birth place: Shandy Hall, Harpersfield, OH

Death place: Shandy Hall

Addresses: Ohio: Shandy Hall, Harpersfield, 1820-40; Sandusky, 1840; Shandy Hall, 1890 and before

Profession: Watercolor artist

Work: Western Reserve Hist. Soc., Cleveland, OH (Flowers and Ribbon"; "Basket of Flowers"; "Blue Morning Glory")"

Comments: She learned to paint in watercolor presumably from her French governess. Married a physician in 1840 and moved to Sandusky. When widowed, she moved back to Shandy Hall to live with her sister.

Sources: Hageman, 65-67 (incl.repros).