About Phoebe A. Jenks
Lived 1847 – 1907 (aged 59–60). Phoebe A. Jenks was an American painter.
Phoebe Ann Pickering Hoyt Jenks ( – ) was an American portrait painter.
Phoebe A. Jenks was born on in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the daughter of Dennis Hoyt and Fidelia Barton Hoyt. In 1860 she married Boston silversmith Lewis E. Jenks.
Jenks began painting at age 29 and studied under Benjamin Curtis Porter and D. T. Kendrick. She became a portrait painter in Boston, specializing in portraits of women and children.
Phoebe A. Jenks died on 20 January 1907 in Boston.
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Phoebe A. Jenks was born on 28 July 1847 in Portsmouth.
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Phoebe A. Jenks died in 1907 in New York City, Boston.
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Phoebe A. Jenks was a painter.
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