Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough | |
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Born | 1872
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Died | June 5, 1951[1] | (aged 78–79)
Resting place |
Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Spouse | Henry C. Hansbrough |
Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough (1872 – 5 June 1951) was an American poet and painter. [2]
She was born Mary Berri Chapman in Washington, D.C. to parents Charles Chapman of New Haven and Etta S. Chapman, a patent examiner. [3] She was a member of the Art Students League of Washington. [3] She wrote and illustrated her book Lyrics of Love and Nature, published in 1895. [4] [5] [6] In 1897 she married the U.S. senator Henry C. Hansbrough. [7] The same year, she published the work of fiction A Fashionable Hero in Harper's Magazine. [8] In 1906 she published a 153 page volume titled Poems by MBCH. [9]
She spent the last 42 years of her life, from 1909 to 1951, as a resident of St. Elizabeths Hospital, a mental health institution in Washington D.C. [10] She was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC. [11]
Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum [12] and the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania. [13]
Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough | |
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Born | 1872
Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Died | June 5, 1951[1] | (aged 78–79)
Resting place |
Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Spouse | Henry C. Hansbrough |
Mary Berri Chapman Hansbrough (1872 – 5 June 1951) was an American poet and painter. [2]
She was born Mary Berri Chapman in Washington, D.C. to parents Charles Chapman of New Haven and Etta S. Chapman, a patent examiner. [3] She was a member of the Art Students League of Washington. [3] She wrote and illustrated her book Lyrics of Love and Nature, published in 1895. [4] [5] [6] In 1897 she married the U.S. senator Henry C. Hansbrough. [7] The same year, she published the work of fiction A Fashionable Hero in Harper's Magazine. [8] In 1906 she published a 153 page volume titled Poems by MBCH. [9]
She spent the last 42 years of her life, from 1909 to 1951, as a resident of St. Elizabeths Hospital, a mental health institution in Washington D.C. [10] She was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC. [11]
Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum [12] and the Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania. [13]