Lot 510: Ellen Dale Hale (American, 1855-1940), "Boy in Flowering Garden", c. 1900; oil/canvas, 14" x 10",

unsigned, Richard York Galleries label verso, with inventory #377cy, accompanied by a letter from Richard York Galleries of authenticity. Hale grew up in Boston, and was a member of a very socially elite family. She was the niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the daughter of orator, Edward Everett Hale, and the sister of painter, Philip. She was fluent in five languages, and had traveled extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe. She was a first generation American Impressionist, and became one of the leading figure painters in Boston and later, Washington, D.C. She exhibited extensively from the 1880s-1930s. REF: Richard York Gallery catalog for retrospective exhibit (1981); Nancy Hale, "The Life in the Studio"; Tufts, "American Women Artists"; Mcmahan, "Artists of Washington, D.C.".