Said To Have ” A Sharp Eye And Excellent Discovery”, Mary Edmonia Lewis Was The First 19th Century Black Sculptor To Receive International Recognition

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BALTIMORE, MD.- The Walters Art Museum announces the discovery of a previously unknown photograph of Mary Edmonia Lewis (1844–1907), the first 19th-century African American sculptor to receive international recognition. Prior to this discovery, there existed only seven known photographs of Lewis, all taken at the same sitting in Chicago around …read more

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