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Lydia Field Emmet was born 23 January 1866 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, United States to William Jenkins Emmet (1826-1905) and Julia Colt Pierson (1829-1908) and died 16 August 1952 New York City, New York, United States of unspecified causes.

She was was an American artist best known for her work as a portraitist. She studied with, among others, prominent artists such as William Merritt Chase, Harry Siddons Mowbray, Kenyon Cox and Tony Robert-Fleury. Emmet exhibited widely during her career, and her paintings can now be found hanging in the White House, and many prestigious art galleries, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.












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