Julia a. shaw memorial prize

DEFINITION

A recognition award established by Samuel T. Show through the National Academy of Design for artistic merit in figure painting or sculpture by a woman. Recipients include Josephine Miles Lewis, Mary Macmonnies, Laura Gardin Fraser, Charlotte Coman, Susan Watkins, and Margaret Cresson. Source: Mark Brock, Selections II, Brock Gallery, Carlisle, MA; Appleton's Annual Cyclopaedia and Google; AskART database