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CATNUM: 4721
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NameLast: Blair
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BirthMonth: 4
BirthDay: 10
BirthYear: 1857
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OriginalBirthCity: Princeton
OriginalBirthState: IN
OriginalBirthCounty: Gibson
OriginalBirthNation: USA
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DeathDay: 25
DeathYear: 1926
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Parents: Dr. William W. and Margaret (Warnock) Blair
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:48:23 PM
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EducationCareer: studied under able instructors in about 1884-1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio to learn crayon drawing
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OriginalNotes: See image of her in Ladies of the Tourists literary club photo, Princeton, Indiana, 1894 (Indiana Album: Greg Wright Collection, ia-0378-0307)

Find A Grave 36741150 - On stone: Maria Blair, 1857-1926; Text: Maria Blair, b. April 10, 1857 in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana; died June 25, 1926 in Princeton; Buried in Warnock Cemetery in Princeton; Parents William W. Blair and Margaret Warnock.

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Miss Maria Blair, well known Princeton club woman and artist, died shortly after midnight last night at the Blair home, 622 W. State St. Lists survivors. Was daughter of Dr. William W. Blair and Margaret Warnock, distinguished residents of Princeton. She graduated from Princeton high school, attended Indiana University and while at the university became a member of Kapa Alpha Theta sorority. Following studies she studied drawing and painting at the Cincinnati Art Museum. One of her teachers was Sharp, famous landscape painter. Returning home she continued her art work. Gifted with a natural taste she had also a facile technique in pencil, crayon and brush, her work exhibiting the refinement that was characteristic of her. Was charter member of the Tourist Club of this city, president for 1925-1926 season. Member of United Presbyterian Church. "The quiet, unobtrusive personality of Miss Blair was best known and appreciated by the friends of a lifetime who knew, and will sadly miss, her charm and graciousness of manner. She contributed to the taste and culture of the city in no slight degree and her death is the passing of a woman of true culture and Christian spirit."

Princeton Clarion-Leader (Princeton, Indiana), June 28, 1883, p. 4
Miss Maria Blair returned home Tuesday from Danville, Ky., where she has been teaching school.
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CATNUM: 4721
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City: Princeton
State: IN
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StudioName: Wm. R. Wright
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Name: Wm. R. Wright
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County: Gibson
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OriginalSource: Princeton Clarion-Leader (Princeton, Indiana), June 18, 1885, p. 4
New Branch of Business - Miss Maria Blair has been devoting herself for several years to the study of crayon drawing, the last year having been spent in Cincinnati under able instructors, and the natural artistic ability she possessed has been brought out and developed until her productions at the present time are really excellent. She has made a specialty of point crayon work, and the specimens of her free hand drawing now on exhibition at Wright's photographic gallery will prove a great surprise even to some of her intimate friends. Mr. Wright who is an able critic in such matters, says the work of Miss Blair is as perfect as that produced by the best of city artists, and any one seeing the specimens of her work will know at a glance that they are works of superior merit without being able to judge of the intricate points of artistic ability. There are a great many people here who would like to have a large portrait of their family or friends, but the great expense heretofore attached to getting a really desirable portrait has kept them from securing them. Mr. Wright has secured the services of Miss Blair for the production of these enlarged portraits, and in each case the work turned out will be guaranteed as satisfactory. The work is durable, will not fade, and the prospects are that Miss Blair will have all she can possibly do in this line. The public is invited to call at Wright's gallery and see the specimens of her handiwork.

Princeton Clarion-Leader (Princeton, Indiana), June 25, 1885, p. 4
Flattering Prospects. People who have visited Wright's photographic gallery and inspected the specimens of point crayon portraits there on exhibition, the work of Miss Maria Blair, are universal in the praise of this young artist's work. Only last week it was first announced that Mr. Wright and Miss Blair had formed co-partnership for the production of these crayon portraits, and orders are already coming in for them. The public generally, and especially those who have a desire to procure portraits of this kind, are cordially invited to call at Wright's gallery and see what elegant work is being done right here at home. Among those who have seen the work were several who are acquainted with and qualified to criticise it, and they speak in the highest terms of Miss Blair's skill. They say it will compare with the best work of the country. Miss Blair's prospects are flattering for securing all she can do in this line.
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