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| | Cecilia Beaux |
 | | Papers of Cecilia Beaux are also housed in the archives of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, the Illinois State Historical Library and the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institute. |
 | | Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 1, 1855, Eliza Cecilia Beaux, as she was christened, was left by her widowed father to be reared by relatives in New York City and later West Philadelphia. |
 | | In 1896 she exhibited six portraits at the Paris Salon--"Rev. Matthew B. Grier," "Ernesta Drinker, with Nurse," "A Lady from Connecticut," "Sita and Sarita," "Cynthia Sherwood," and "The Dreamer." In 1894 she was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design, and she was elevated to full academician in 1902. |
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