Georgiana Scott
Georgiana Scott 1852-1947
She was Wiliam Scott's grand-daughter. Her father was William's oldest son William Wallace Scott and her mother was Caroline Taylor his first wife Born in London, Miss Scott received lessons from her father. She went to America with him in 1865 and painted until the age of 85, when her eyesight began to fail. She was blind at her death. |
She lived with her father and stepmother in New Rochelle, New York in 1880 and in Manhattan, New York in 1900. Her nickname was given as "Georgie" in the 1900 census.
She showed two paintings at the National Academy of Design (NAD) in NYC, in 1878 and 1895. The painting shown in 1895 was number 475 in the West Gallery of the NAD and was titled "Miniature Portrait of a Child". Her address in 1895 was care of her father at 1 Madison Avenue, NYC.
She is mentioned in
Who Was Who in American Art by Falk,
Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists V. 1 Book IV,
Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900,
Davenport's Art Reference and Price Guide,
and other reference books.
She is often described as a "miniature painter" but as this and other works show, she painted in watercolors, as well. Jacobsen notes that her paintings were held in private collections in NY and Westchester County.
Georgiana died in on 2 March 1947 in New Rochelle, NY and her obituary appeared in the New York Times on the day after her death:
Georgiana H. Scott
Special to the New York Times
New Rochelle, N. Y., March 27 - Miss Georgiana Helen Scott, retired miniature painter, whose pictures on ivory are in many New York and Westchester County collections, died here today in her home at 44 Church Street. Her age was 96.
This is her entry in Who Was Who in American Art
Scott: Georgina Helen (Miniature Painter) New Rochelle, New York. b. 1851 London (came to US 1865) d. 27 march 1947. Studied: her father William W Scott. Works: in New York Westchester County private collections
She showed two paintings at the National Academy of Design (NAD) in NYC, in 1878 and 1895. The painting shown in 1895 was number 475 in the West Gallery of the NAD and was titled "Miniature Portrait of a Child". Her address in 1895 was care of her father at 1 Madison Avenue, NYC.
She is mentioned in
Who Was Who in American Art by Falk,
Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists V. 1 Book IV,
Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900,
Davenport's Art Reference and Price Guide,
and other reference books.
She is often described as a "miniature painter" but as this and other works show, she painted in watercolors, as well. Jacobsen notes that her paintings were held in private collections in NY and Westchester County.
Georgiana died in on 2 March 1947 in New Rochelle, NY and her obituary appeared in the New York Times on the day after her death:
Georgiana H. Scott
Special to the New York Times
New Rochelle, N. Y., March 27 - Miss Georgiana Helen Scott, retired miniature painter, whose pictures on ivory are in many New York and Westchester County collections, died here today in her home at 44 Church Street. Her age was 96.
This is her entry in Who Was Who in American Art
Scott: Georgina Helen (Miniature Painter) New Rochelle, New York. b. 1851 London (came to US 1865) d. 27 march 1947. Studied: her father William W Scott. Works: in New York Westchester County private collections