 Cornelia Adele Strong is primarily known as Cornelia Adele Strong Fassett
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Cornelia Fassett achieved prominence with her major work, "The Electoral Commission in Open Session" (c. 1879), which hangs in the U.S. Capitol. Clara Erskine Clement wrote in 1904, "No picture in the capitol attracts more attention, and large numbers of people view it daily."
Cornelia Fassett was born in Owasco, Cayuga County, New York. She was the daughter of Captain Walter and Sarah Devoe Strong. At the age of twenty, she married Samuel Montague Fassett, an artist and photographer. She (showing 500 of 5130 characters). |
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