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30 The Children of Elizabeth Mary (née Garvey) and Oliver Miller White, 1860 Oil on canvas; 58 x 49 in. Louisiana State Museum COLONIAL THROUGH ANTEBELLUM LOUISIANA WILLIAM HENRY BAKER b. 1825, Nashville, Tennessee d. 1875, Brooklyn, New York William Henry Baker probably embarked on a career as an artist in 1848 without benefit of training, though he later studied at least informally in Europe and with Enoch Wood Perry, Jr., in the early 1860s. Like other Grand Manner painters, Baker usually depicted children in a landscape setting attended by a large dog. This style appealed to wealthy plantation owners, such as Oliver Miller White and his Canadian wife, Elizabeth Mary. They no doubt wished this portrait to commemorate their progeny in a fashionable, complex artistic style—despite Baker’s limitations as a painter. Two of the children, seen on the right, were no longer living. As was common at the time, Baker probably created their likenesses from miniatures or photographs. RAL  http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1207 http://www.knowla.org/entry.php?rec=1207

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