Wickliffe Covington was an American

United States

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 painter

Painting

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, notable as a student of Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer

Ella Sophonisba Hergesheimer

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. The daughter of Robert Wickliffe and Sarah Steele (Venable) Cooper, she studied at Sayre Female Institute

Sayre School

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, the New England Conservatory of Music

New England Conservatory of Music

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 and the Art Students League of New York

Art Students League of New York

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. She also studied art with James Carroll Beckwith

James Carroll Beckwith

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, Kenyon Cox

Kenyon Cox

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, William Merritt Chase

William Merritt Chase

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 and Wayman Elbridge Adams

Wayman Elbridge Adams

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. She later taught art at Potter College for Young Ladies in Bowling Green. In 1892, she married Robert Wells Covington, an attorney. She died in Bowling Green on December 1, 1938.