Emily Burling Waite (1887–1980) was an American printmaker and painter.[1][2]

Emily Burling Waite
Born1887 (1887)
Worcester, MA
Died1980(1980-00-00) (aged 92–93)

Early life and education

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Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, she studied first at the Worcester Art Museum School, then the Art Students League, New York.[3] Following this, she studied for two years at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School.[3]

Career

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Waite held the Paige Travelling Scholarship of the Museum School from 1910-1912,[4] and she had a solo exhibit in 1913 at the Renaissance Court.[5] In 1917 in Newport, Rhode Island, Waite had a solo exhibit of portraits and etchings, which was reviewed as "the drawing of the former is excellent,"[6] and in 1921 she had a studio in Newport.[7]

Life

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Waite married Arthur Williams Manchester, a shipwright and president of the Williams and Manchester Shipyard,[8] on September 10, 1924 in Worcester.[9][10] They had two children, Lemuel A. W. Manchester and Laura Manchester Smith.[8][11]

Collections

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References

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  1. 1 2 "Emily Burling Waite". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. Sullivan, Mark (22 October 2016). "Worcester Art History up for Bid". Telegram & Gazette. pp. A3. ISSN 1050-4184. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 "Emily Burling Waite Portrait". Worcester Women's History Project (WWHP). 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  4. Coolidge, J. Templeman (1910). "Report of the Committee on the School of the Museum". Annual Report for the Year ... (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). 35. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: 86. ISSN 2380-534X. JSTOR 43478293.
  5. "Department of Paintings: Special Exhibitions". Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin. 11 (61): 12. February 1913. ISSN 0899-0344. JSTOR 4423579.
  6. "Art News from Summer Colonies - Newport Art Association". American Art News. 15 (36): 3. 18 August 1917. ISSN 1944-0227. JSTOR 25589104.
  7. "Newport Colony Deserts Resort; Week Uneventful". New York Tribune. 2 October 1921. p. 1. ISSN 1941-0646. Retrieved 10 June 2023 via Chronicling America - Library of Congress. Miss Emily Burling Waite will close her studio during the week and will go to Worcester and from there to New York, where she will take a studio for the winter months.
  8. 1 2 "Lemuel A. W. Manchester". Telegram & Gazette. 31 January 2013. pp. B4. ISSN 1050-4184.
  9. "Summer Weddings". The American Magazine of Art. 15 (11): 611. 1924. ISSN 2151-254X. JSTOR 23929604.
  10. 1 2 "Department of Paintings - Gifts and Bequests". The Museum Year: Annual Report of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 103. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: 42. 1978. ISSN 0740-0403. JSTOR 43481837. Gift of Emily Burling Waite Manchester
  11. "Manchester, Lemuel A. W.". Hartford Courant. 30 January 2013. pp. B9. ISSN 1047-4153.
  12. "Tijmentje Polishing Brass". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  13. "Expectation". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  14. "The rose garden at Beacon Hill House, 1925". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  15. "Barge at Anchor". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 22 April 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2023.