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Birth
1842 (Providence, Rhode Island)
Death
1904 (Providence, Rhode Island)
Lived/Active
Rhode Island
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fruit and floral still life and seascape painting
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Edward Chalmers Leavitt, artist, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, March 9, 1842, the son of Rev. Jonathan and Charlotte Esther (Stearns) Leavitt. His paternal ancestor was John Leavitt, who came to Masachusetts Bay in the first ship and settled in Hingham. On the maternal side, he is descended from John Alden and Priscilla Mullens, who came to Plymouth in the Mayflower.
Leavitt was educated in private schools in Providence, and at Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, New Hamp (showing 500 of 3948 characters). |
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