Tag: Ellen Sturgis Hooper

James McNeill Whistler, ELLEN STURGIS HOOPER 01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, with Footnotes. #91

May 17, 2020

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Ellen Sturgis Hooper (February 17, 1812 – November 3, 1848) was an American poet. A member of the Transcendental Club, she was widely regarded as one of the most gifted poets among the New England Transcendentalists. Her work is occasionally reprinted in anthologies. Ellen Sturgis was born in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1837, she married physician Robert…