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THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
Closson, William Baxter Palmer. 
Bom, Thetford, Vt., Oct. 13, 1848. Pupil of Lowell Inst, and Evening 
Art School in Boston; traveled in Europe. Followed engraving on wood, 
1872-94; since painting in pastel and oil. Awards for wood engraving: 
Gold, silver and bronze medals, Mass. Charitable Mechanics’ Assoc.; third 
class medal, Paris Salon, 1882; silver medal, Paris Exp., 1889; medal, Co- 
lumbian Exp., Chicago, 1893; diploma, Graphic Arts Exp., Vienna; silver 
medal, Pan-Amer. Exp., Buffalo, 1901; St. Louis Exp., 1904. Member, 
Boston Art Club; Copley Soc.; Soc. Wash. Artists; Union Internationale 
des Beaux-Arts et des Lettres. Newton, Mass. 
NYMPH AND WATER BABIES AT PLAY. 
Signed and marked copyrighted, 1908. On canvas, 45X H., 37 W. 
Coffin, William Anderson. 
Bom, Allegheny, Pa., Jan. 31, 1855. Pupil of Bonn&t in Paris. Second 
Hallgarten prize, Nat. Acad. Design, 1886; Webb prize, Soc. Amer. Artists, 
1891; bronze medal, Paris Exp., 1889; gold medal, Art Club, Phila., 1898; 
director of fine arts and member of the Superior Jury, Pan-Amer. Exp., 
Buffalo, 1901; silver medal, Charleston Exp., 1902; silver medal, St. Louis 
Exp., 1904. N. A., 1912; member, N. Y. Arch. League. Specialty, land- 
scapes. Writer on art. New York and Jennerstown, Pa. 
Cole, Joseph Foxcroft. 
Bom at Jay, Me., Nov. 9, 1837; died, Boston, May 2, 1892. Went in i860 
to Paris where he studied for three years under Lambinet and in one of the 
government schools. After a year in Italy, he opened a studio in Boston 
where he won success as a landscape painter. In 1865 he returned to Paris 
and became a pupil of Charles Emile Jacque. He exhibited at the Paris 
Salon in 1866 and again in 1867, and also in the international exposition of 
the latter year. Following another short stay in Boston, he revisited 
France in 1872, remaining there five years and exhibiting at the Salons of 
1873, 1874 and 1875. He was also frequently represented at the Royal 
Academy in London. He was elected a member of the Soc. Amer. Artists 
in 1880. The latter part of his life was spent in Boston. His specialty con- 
tinued to be landscapes. 
SEPTEMBER. 
Signed. 
On canvas, 30 H., 40 W. 
LATE AFTERNOON NEAR PROVIDENCE. 
Signed and dated, 1879. 
On canvas, 18X H., 26 W. 
