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One 19th-century artist's effort to grapple with tuberculosis resonates during COVID-19

  • Written by Elizabeth Lee, Associate Professor of Art History, Dickinson College
imageA detail from Abbott Thayer's 1887 painting 'Angel,' in which his eldest daughter appears as a heavenly figure.Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of John Gellatly

Like everyone else, artists have been challenged by new conditions and routines since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many have had to adjust what they make as well as how and...

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