Henrietta Foxall McKenney (November 11, 1825 – February 2, 1887) was an American painter.
McKenney was born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., the daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann Foxall McKenney; her grandfather, Henry Foxall, was a noted industrialist and lay Methodist preacher. In youth she was a talented artist, painting at fifteen a View of Mount Vernon and at sixteen a view of Harper's Ferry. In 1845 she produced a harbor scene; two foreign views are known as well.[1] She married Dr. Charles Hartwell Cragin, Sr., who served for a time as Police Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and died in Washington, where she is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery.[citation needed]
McKenney's view of Harper's Ferry was included in the inaugural exhibition of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, American Women Artists 1830–1930, in 1987.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Eleanor Tufts; National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.); International Exhibitions Foundation (1987). American women artists, 1830–1930. International Exhibitions Foundation for the National Museum of Women in the Arts. ISBN 978-0-940979-01-7.
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