Biografie von Elizabeth Emerson KEITH (1838-1882)

Birth place: Thomaston, ME

Death place: San Francisco, CA

Addresses: Texas; Half Moon Bay, CA; San Fran.

Profession: Painter

Exhibited: locally, 1872; Mechanics' Inst. Fair, 1876; Morris & Kennedy Gals., San Fran., 1882

Work: Oakland Mus.; St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA

Comments: Her father was a distant relative of Ralph Waldo Emerson and a successful ship builder and sea captain. She married William Keith (see entry) in 1864 and taught him to paint in watercolors. Specialty: watercolors.

Sources: Hughes, Artists of California, 301.