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Portrait of Leonard Cox
From the collection of Smithsonian American Art Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Leonard Cox was one year old when his mother painted this portrait. Leonard later studied at Princeton University. After graduation, he fought in Europe during World War I and became a decorated war hero. His mother received a bronze medal for this painting at the 1900 Paris Exposition, a public triumph that helped establish her reputation as a painter of children.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit linePortrait of Leonard Cox. 1895. Louise Cox, American, 1865 - 1945. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Allyn Cox. CC0.
