1992.0.6
Jane McGrew Smith
1800 – 1900 (Date created)
Oil
Oil Paint
Paintings
0 in L
x
33.125 in W
x
38.125 in H
x
0 in D
Notes: Image Size
(Frame)
Notes: 38.125 x 33.125 in. Wood, painted medium brown (mat finish)
Notes: Image Size
(Frame)
Notes: 38.125 x 33.125 in. Wood, painted medium brown (mat finish)
American
Philanthropists Jane McGrew Smith (1832-1911) and her sister Matilda Smith were life-long residents of Allegheny City, now Pittsburgh’s North Side. Their maternal grandfather co-founded the first fire insurance company in Western Pennsylvania. They were generous supporters of the Western University of Pennsylvania (later the University of Pittsburgh), which relocated from Pittsburgh to Allegheny City in 1882, returning to Pittsburgh in 1909. They established the Smith Geological Collection at the University in 1888, and in 1900 provided funds for equipment, marble flooring, and the art glass window created by Mary E. Tillinghast in the Allegheny Observatory.
Painting
Jane McGrew Smith
Philanthropists Jane McGrew Smith (1832-1911) and her sister Matilda Smith were life-long residents of Allegheny City, now Pittsburgh’s North Side. Their maternal grandfather co-founded the first fire insurance company in Western Pennsylvania. They were generous supporters of the Western University of Pennsylvania (later the University of Pittsburgh), which relocated from Pittsburgh to Allegheny City in 1882, returning to Pittsburgh in 1909. They established the Smith Geological Collection at the University in 1888, and in 1900 provided funds for equipment, marble flooring, and the art glass window created by Mary E. Tillinghast in the Allegheny Observatory.
Jane McGrew Smith
Philanthropists Jane McGrew Smith (1832-1911) and her sister Matilda Smith were life-long residents of Allegheny City, now Pittsburgh’s North Side. Their maternal grandfather co-founded the first fire insurance company in Western Pennsylvania. They were generous supporters of the Western University of Pennsylvania (later the University of Pittsburgh), which relocated from Pittsburgh to Allegheny City in 1882, returning to Pittsburgh in 1909. They established the Smith Geological Collection at the University in 1888, and in 1900 provided funds for equipment, marble flooring, and the art glass window created by Mary E. Tillinghast in the Allegheny Observatory.
In Collection
Wunderly Galleries, Pittsburgh (?)
"Legendary Ladies: A Guide To Where Women Made History In Pennsylvania", PENNSYLVANIA COMMISSION FOR WOMEN
Edward G. Rendell, Governor
Edward G. Rendell, Governor
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