About Rose Lamb
Lived 1843 – 1927 (aged 83–84). Rose Lamb was an American artist.
Rosanna "Rose" Duncan Lamb ( – ) was an American portrait painter.
Rose Lamb was born in in Boston to a prominent family.
Lamb was a student of William Morris Hunt in the 1870s. She exhibited infrequently, but her portraits were in high demand from members of the Boston elite and she particularly excelled at painting children. She made several trips to Europe and beginning in 1884 she was a drawing instructor at the South Boston School of Art. Around 1900, she gave up painting after an illness.
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Who was Rose Lamb?
painter (1843 - 1927)
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Rose Lamb was born in 1843 in Boston.
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Rose Lamb died in 1927.
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Rose Lamb was an artist.
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Rose Lamb was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Rose Lamb. https://biography.guide/rose-lamb/
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