Newspaper item: "Private lessons given in Water-color Painting on Tuesdays and Fridays, from 2 to 5 p. m.; private lessons in Oil Painting on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 2 to 5 p. m., by Miss Althof, at the Galveston Art Gallery, and eleven free classes in Oil, China and drawing. J. H. Flett, Proprietor."
Source
The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 7, 1884, Newspaper, May 7, 1884; (http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth461208/ : accessed January 29, 2015), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, http://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium, Abilene, Texas.
Original Publisher
A. H. Belo & Co.
Date Original
1884
Date Digital
2015
Language
eng
Type
text
Artisan or Artist
Althof, Minna, Miss. ; Flett, J. H. ; Galveston Art Gallery.
Name Variations
Flett, John H.
Subject LC
Artists ; Picture frames and framing ; Painters
Subject MESDA
Artist ; Painter
Occupation
Artists ; Framemakers ; Painters ; Portraitists
Coverage Place
Galveston (Galveston County, Tex.)
Coverage Date
1884
Keyword
Art Gallery ; Art teachers
Category
Women artisans and artists
Resource Set
The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Tex.)
Rights
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