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13-691: Seelye is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye (1858-1923), American writer Frederick Thomas Seelye (1879–1962), New Zealand chemist and academic Gilbert T. Seelye (1877–1928), New York politician Julius Hawley Seelye (1824–1895), American missionary, writer and politician Kate Seelye , American journalist Laurenus Clark Seelye (1837–1924), American college president Talcott Williams Seelye (1922–2006), American diplomat and writer See also [ edit ] Seeley (surname) Seelye Brook [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

26-485: A number of books including The story of Columbus (1892), The story of Washington , and The Graysons . Allegra Eggleston was born in Stillwater, Minnesota , November 19, 1860. She was the second daughter of Edward Eggleston , the author, who came of a well-known Virginia family, with strains of Irish and Scotch in his descent. Her mother's family was of English origin. A delicate and high-strung child, she early showed

39-554: A portrait in bas-relief of Dr. Josiah Gilbert Holland . That piece of work was destroyed by fire in 1888, and Eggleston was called upon to replace it. Later, she occupied herself with book illustrations. Her father's novel, The Graysons , is illustrated by her, while many of the pictures in his popular school histories, as well as in other school books, bear her signature. She illustrated The story of Columbus , written by her sister, Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye , and edited by their father, as well as The story of Washington . Eggleston

52-575: A talent for drawing and modeling. One of her first works of art was an idol carved out of a piece of semi-decayed wood, when she was only six years of age. She drew constantly and modeled occasionally in clay, but she had no art teaching until she was received into classes in Cooper Institute in October, 1875. She was under age, being only 14, but was accepted on account of remarkable promise. She did creditable work there for two years, after which she entered

65-471: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye Elizabeth Craig Eggleston was born in Saint Paul , Minnesota , December 15, 1858. She was a daughter of Edward Eggleston , the novelist. Her mother, Elizabeth, was of English parentage and of a family with talent for graphic art. Seelye early showed the "book hunger" that characterized members of her family. In 1866,

78-528: The Brooklyn Mercantile Library . Her love of reading was illustrated in her writing. Her story "The A.O.I.B.R." appeared in Harper's Bazaar in 1889 with an illustration of a child reading. The Rockwell Centre for American Visual Studies cites this as a surprisingly early illustration of a girl reading. The subject of girls reading in the illustration by Rosina Emmet Sherwood is thought rare (like

91-1016: The ones in Louisa May Alcott 's Little Women ). As an adult, she read works of philosophy, natural science and political economy. Her study of the literature of the Middle English period enabled her to supply the editor of the Century Dictionary with 500 new words and definitions. She wrote four of the five volumes in the Famous American Indian Series , Tecumseh (New York, 1878); Pocahontas (New York, 1879); Brant and Red Jacket (New York, 1879), and Montezuma (New York, 1880). Seelye also published The Story of Columbus (New York, 1892) and The Story of Washington (1893), both illustrated by her sister, Allegra Eggleston . In 1877, she married Elwyn Seelye , and since that time, lived on or near Lake George, New York . Seelye

104-408: The surname Seelye . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Seelye&oldid=858964195 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

117-531: The family removed to Evanston, Illinois , where her father had built one of the earliest kindergartens in America where his children might "be trained". After they moved to Brooklyn , New York , in 1870, Seelye attended Packer Collegiate Institute , but with her parents dissatisfied, she and her sister were soon taught at home by private teachers. She also was the only child to attend adult classes in French and German at

130-462: The studio of Wyatt Eaton , where she made rapid progress in painting from life. In 1878, she went to Europe in company with her father and family for a year. While abroad, she took lessons under a Swiss wood-carver in Paris and astonished him by successfully carving the most difficult pieces as soon as she had learned the use of her tools. About 1891, she returned to study art in Paris with Charles Lasar and

143-506: Was friends with the American miniaturist from Cleveland, Sarah Elizabeth Rickey (1844-1923). After her return home, she occupied herself with wood-carving, painting also some portraits, which were exhibited in the annual exhibitions of the Society of American Artists. In 1882, she carved panels for a memorial mantel piece in the editorial rooms of The Century Magazine , on one of which was cut

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156-615: Was the mother of six children: Allegra (b. 1878), Blanche (b. 1882), Elwyn (b. 1884), Edward (b. 1888), Cynthia (b. 1888) and Elizabeth (b. 1893). She died November 11, 1923, in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Allegra Eggleston Allegra Eggleston (November 19, 1860 - 1933) was a 19th-century American artist from the U.S. state of Minnesota . She occupied herself as a woodcarver, portrait painter, and book illustrator. As an illustrator, she collaborated with her sister, Elizabeth Eggleston Seelye , and her father, Edward Eggleston , on

169-471: Was versatile. She created many kinds of artistic decorative works for amusement including paintings of children's faces. Among other things she modeled in leather, having executed the cover for the album containing autographs of distinguished American authors, which was presented to Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston , as an acknowledgment of her interest in the father's copyright bill, International Copyright Act of 1891 . Eggleston spent

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