Doolittle, Dorcas Cooke
Description
Born in Philadelphia, Doolittle graduated from a female seminary, and then enrolled at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women (now Moore College of Art & Design), where she studied illustration. Later, she attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where her instructors included Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles. Doolittle had a studio at 17th and Chestnut Streets where other women would paint and share the expense of models. Carles came once a week to critique their work. Doolittle exhibited her work regularly and continued to paint and teach.
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