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I visited the Brooklyn Museum yesterday, and they have a pretty extensive American Art section. Most of the earlier pieces (from 1600s to early 1800s) are portraits, either commissioned or just of artists' family members. I noticed some more interesting women's names among all the Elizabeths and Janes that I wanted to share.

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Arabella
Clarissa x2
Deborah
Eleanor & Rosalba (sisters) ('ve noticed too that Rembrandt Peale, the artist and father of these women, has a lot of interesting artistic names in his family)
Henrietta
Hester
Lavinia
Letitia

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(Here are some of the paintings I could find from Brooklyn Museums website. Gives more relevant cultural information too.)
Clarissa - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/965/Clarissa_Seymour_later_Mrs._Truman_Marsh
Deborah - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/691/Deborah_Hall
Eleanor & Rosalba - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1357/The_Sisters_Eleanor_and_Rosalba_Peale
Henrietta - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/145/Mrs._Robert_Nicholls_Henrietta_Overing_Auchmuty
Hester - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/344/Portrait_of_a_Woman_possibly_Mrs._James_%7CHester_Stanton_Plaisted%7C_Gooch
Lavinia - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/714/Wyntje_Lavinia_Van_Vechten
Letitia - https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/307/Letitia_Wilson_Jordan

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