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Lydia Field Emmet (January 23, 1866 - August 16, 1952) 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.〔Swinth, Kirsten. ''Painting Professionals: Women Artists & the Development of Modern American Art, 1870-1930,'' Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 2001〕 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.〔〔Tufts, Eleanor. ''American Women Artists, 1830-1930,'' Washington, DC: National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.), International Exhibitions Foundation, 1987〕 ==Early life and family== Emmet was born on January 23, 1866, at New Rochelle, New York, the seventh of ten children born to merchant William Jenkins Emmet and illustrator Julia Colt Pierson.〔〔(Emmet family tree )〕 Emmet's paternal great-grandfather, Thomas Addis Emmet, was a prominent lawyer who later served as New York State Attorney General. Thomas was an Irish nationalist who held a pivotal position in the Dublin Society of the United Irishmen after the failure of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.〔James P. Byrne, Philip Coleman, Jason King. ''Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History,'' pp. 295-296. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2008〕 In historical accounts of the period, Thomas is overshadowed by his younger brother Robert Emmet, who was hanged in 1803 for high treason by the British government, for his abortive attempt to implement an Irish rebellion.〔〔(''Time'' magazine. Friday, May 4, 2007 )〕 Thomas immigrated to the United States with his family shortly after the execution of his brother.〔 Emmet's paternal grandfather, Judge Robert Emmet (1792–1873), married Rosina Hubley, served as the captain of a cavalry regiment in the War of 1812, and followed in his father's footsteps becoming a prominent New York jurist.〔Emmet, Thomas Addis. ''Incidents in My Life,'' p. 370 New York: Putnam's, 1911〕 He retained an interest in Irish politics, and served as president of the Repeal Movement in the United States, ''"in sympathy with the efforts of Daniel O'Connell to bring about a repeal of the so-termed union with England."''〔Emmet, Thomas Addis. ''Incidents in My Life,'' p. 128 New York: Putnam's, 1911〕〔''Biographical record of the graduates and former students of the Yale Forestry School,'' p. 39. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1913 ()〕 Emmet's maternal grandfather, Josiah G. Pierson, was an inventor who established the firm of J. G. Pierson & Brothers in Ramapo, New York; an iron works that manufactured cut nails.〔Swank, James Moor. ''History of the Manufacture of Iron in All Ages,'' p. 108. Philadelphia, 1884 ()〕 Pierson is believed to have invented the first properly functioning nail-cutting machine, with a patent registered for this device in 1795.〔〔 Josiah was the son of Congressman Jeremiah Halsey Pierson (1766–1855).〔"Jeremiah Halsey Pierson," ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress,'' Official website of the US Congress. ()〕 Emmet's two surviving sisters, Rosina Emmet Sherwood (1854–1948) and Jane Emmet de Glehn (1873–1961), also became successful artists, as did their cousin Ellen Emmet ("Bay") Rand (1876–1941).〔(Messum's )〕〔''Lydia Field Emmet,'' Schwarz Galley, Philadelphia. Copyright, 2009. http://www.schwarzgallery.com/index.php?page=artist&modifier=detail&artist=69 Accessed September 9, 2009〕 One of Emmet's brothers, William LeRoy Emmet, was an accomplished engineer employed by General Electric.〔Weber, Robert J. ''Inventive Minds: Creativity in Technology, Vol 49,'' p. 293 New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1992〕 A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, he was a pioneer in the areas of current electricity and power generation, best known for his work with steam turbines, mercury vapor, and electric ship propulsion.〔〔Broderick, John T. ''Willis Rodney Whitney: Pioneer of Industrial Research,'' p. 133. Kessinger Publishing, 2006〕〔''William LeRoy Emmet.'' Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. ()〕 Another of her brothers was Robert Temple Emmet, a West Point graduate, and Medal of Honor recipient.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Medal of Honor Recipients Indian Wars Period )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lydia Field Emmet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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