Frances Laughlin Wadsworth
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Frances Laughlin Wadsworth (1909-1978) was an American sculptor active in Hartford, Connecticut
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Wadsworth graduated from St. Catherine's School (Richmond, Virginia) in 1927, from which she received the Distinguished Alumna Award in 1970. She served as Fine Art Instructor at the Institute of Living in Hartford.
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...
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Wadsworth graduated from St. Catherine's School (Richmond, Virginia) in 1927, from which she received the Distinguished Alumna Award in 1970. She served as Fine Art Instructor at the Institute of Living in Hartford.
Selected works
- Thomas HookerThomas HookerThomas Hooker was a prominent Puritan colonial leader, who founded the Colony of Connecticut after dissenting with Puritan leaders in Massachusetts...
statue, 1938 - Brother and Sister, Institute of Living, Hartford, 1949
- Thomas Hooker statue, Hartford, 1950
- Alice CogswellAlice CogswellAlice Cogswell was the inspiration to Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet for the creation of the now American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut....
statue (American School for the DeafAmerican School for the DeafThe American School for the Deaf is the oldest permanent school for the deaf in the United States. It was founded April 15, 1817 in Hartford, Connecticut by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc and became a state-supported school in 1817.-History:...
Founders Memorial), Hartford, 1952 - The Safe Arrival, Hartford, 1964
- The Young President, 1964
- Day Dreams, date unknown
- Love, date unknown
- "The peer status of sixth and seventh grade children", New York, Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1954.