Biography from AskART:
| | Born in Kentucky in 1830. Light was active in NYC, Philadelphia and South America before moving to California. She was a resident of Sacramento in the late 1850s and early 1860s. While there, the local wildflowers were her preferred subject matter. Leading a peripatetic existence, she was also a writer and botanist. She died in San Macial, Mexico on Jan. 24, 1864. Exh: Calif. State Fair, 1859-61. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Census; Women Artists of the American West; SF Bulletin, 2-10-1864 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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