Caroline L. Ormes Ransom

Caroline L. Ormes Ransom (1826–1910) was an American painter known for her portraits.

Ransom was born in Newark, Ohio in 1826. She attended Grand River Institute in Austinburg, Ohio. She them moved to New York City where she studied landscape painting with Asher Brown Durand. She studied portraiture with Thomas Hicks and Daniel Huntington.

In 1861 Ransom set up a studio in Cleveland. She also was frequently in Washington, D.C where she worked on portrait commissions.

Notable subjects include Alexander Hamilton Her portrait of Civil War nurse Harriet Patience Dame was hung in the New Hampshire State House gallery, making Dame the first woman so honored. Ransom was a friend of James and Lucretia Garfield, and several of her works belonged to the Garfield family; a number of pieces are currently displayed at the James A. Garfield National Historic Site.

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