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Title A name given to the resource Cushmania Subject The topic of the resource Cushman, Charlotte Saunders, 1816-1876 Stebbins, Emma, 1815-1882 Gossip--Published Gossip--Private Relationships--Networks Italy--Rome Description An account of the resource <p>A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts) collected from different archives (cf. <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/">list</a>) that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, one of the most successful US American actresses of the nineteenth century.</p> <p>We invite you to either look for specific items via the tag cloud at the bottom of the page or the search function at the top, <a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">browse all items</a> in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "<a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Exhibits</a>."</p> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/c4226e025914fe32ca1542c728bd11cc.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="237.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: location of items in collection, size nodes)</h6> <h6 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"><img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="324.5" /></a>(<a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/">Palladio</a> visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items<br />that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)</h6> <p></p> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress New York Public Library Philadelphia Historical Society Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1816-00-00/1920-00 Person An individual. Sex Female Occupation sculptor poet Birth Date 1821-09-2 Birthplace Watertown, MA, US Nationality US-American Secondary Texts: Comments Secondary sources that have explicitly commented on the respective item or raised important concerns/questions that are of interest For further biographical information and notes on the female artist community in Italy, please visit <a href="https://www.19thc-artworldwide.org/index.php/autumn14/musacchio-anne-whitney-abroad" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Mapping the “White, Marmorean Flock”: Anne Whitney Abroad, 1867–1868"><em>Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide</em></a>;<br />For information about where she is buried, go to <a href="https://mountauburn.org/anne-whitney-1821-1915/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Mount Abourn: Anne Whitney">Mount Abourn</a>;<br />The Smithsonian lists one of her works of art <a href="https://americanart.si.edu/artist/anne-whitney-5367" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Smithsonian Institute">here</a>;<br />The official site of the Capitol describes her as one of the few well-known, female, US-American sculptors, who "<a href="https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/blog/article/anne-whitney-and-marmorean-flock">had to spend time abroad to be successful in America</a>." Death Date 1915 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Anne Whitney Subject The topic of the resource Whitney, Anne, 1821-1915 Artists--Sculptors--US American Type The nature or genre of the resource Reference Person Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 0535 Description An account of the resource Anne Whitney is one of the few successful, female US-American sculptors of the nineteenth century. She is born in Watertown, Massachusetts (the same place as <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/21" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="ArchivalGossip: Harriet Hosmer">Harriet Hosmer</a>). Together with her partner Abby Adeline Manning (1836–1906), a painter, she is living in Rome for several years, where she becomes part of the same art community as <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/2" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="ArchivalGossip: Emma Stebbins">Emma Stebbins</a>, <a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/226" title="ArchivalGossip: Edmonia Lewis">Edmonia Lewis</a>, and Harriet Hosmer. <br />Sie returns to the US in 1871. In 1873, she wins a competition to sculpt <a href="https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/samuel-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Architect of the Capitol: Samuel Adams Statue">Samuel Adams' statue at the US Capito</a>l.