Boyd, Monimia Bunnell, 1824-1862
Person
Biography
Landscape and portrait painter born in Greensfork, Indiana. Her painting "The Hoosier's Nest" was accepted by the Indiana General Assembly in 1849 for the State Library of Indiana. However her husband Samuel Boyd removed the painting and took it home after it was criticized in a newspaper. See Chris Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900 (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1985), 89.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Boyd, Monimia
File — Box SC125 Box 2: Series 2 [Barcode: U185012644674], Folder: 17
Identifier: Sub-series 1.1
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The Artists Files subseries contains information related to the artist and their works includes photographs, programs, articles and correspondence used in research for specific artists within the collection.
Dates:
1777 - 2009