Say, Lucy Way Sistare, 1801-1886
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1801 - 1886
Biographical Information
Lucy Way Sistare Say was an artist who studied under Charles Lesueur in New Harmony, Indiana. She married Thomas Say and was later the first woman elected to join the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Collection of Virginia Poullard Dupalais Twigg, Lucy Way Sistare Say, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur Works of Art
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 130
Scope and Contents
The Collection of Virginia Poullard Dupalais Twigg, Lucy Way Sistare Say, and Charles Alexandre Lesueur Works of Art (circa 1800-1846; 43 items) contains twenty-six pencil, pastel, charcoal and watercolor sketches on paper by Charles Lesueur and seventeen pencil and watercolor sketches attributed to Virginia Dupalais Twigg, Lesueur's niece and pupil who lived with him in New Harmony, or Lucy Sistare Say, a fellow artist teaching at New Harmony. Many of the sketches document life in New Harmony,...
Dates:
1800 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1837