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Ellen Frances Burpee Farr

Ellen Frances Burpee Farr (1840 - 1907) was active/lived in California, New Hampshire / Italy.  Ellen Farr is known for Missions, pepper trees and still life painting.

Following are several short biographical entries.

The circumstances of her death were very unusual. She went to Italy to see the great works of art there and she died while in Italy. At first, her coffin was loaded on board a ship to come home, but the sailors were superstitious and refused to go with a dead person on board. Someone had a bright idea and they put the coffin inside a large crate marked "sculptures" and then loaded it back onto the same ship. It worked, and her body was returned to her native USA.

Some of Ellen's work is on permanent display in various town buildings in Littleton, New Hampshire. Her husband, Everts Farr was a native of that town, and Ellen lived there for several years. Everts Farr was a Civil War hero and later a US Congressman, Republican, New Hampshire.

My sister, Susan Luca, adds this to the Ellen Farr story:

When Ellen went to Italy, she was planning on living there for several years. She even mort   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5149 characters.]  Artist bio

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