Commissioned to paint Geronimo by his uncle Edward Ayer (born Kenosha, raised Harvard)

1897 MT/OT

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Catalogue of an Exhibition of Works by Chicago Artists
Exhibit Record
26 Jan - 21 Feb 1897

26 E. Van Buren St. - Room 800
Chicago, IL

Wha' Foh you' Laff'n

The Old Breastpin

Contented

Reading

Little Ruth

From: The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago 1888-1950
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, 1990
© Art Institute of Chicago, used with permission

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Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists
Exhibit Record
10 Nov - 12 Dec 1897

26 E. Van Buren St.
Chicago, IL

Portrait of Edward Ayer, 1897

From: The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago 1888-1950
Peter Hastings Falk, Editor, 1990
© Art Institute of Chicago, used with permission