Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blake papers
name: label: Creator
content: Blake, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
label: Names
content: Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942
label: Names
content: Mora, F. Luis (Francis Luis), 1874-1940
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art students -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Portrait painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women arts administrators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Elizabeth S. Blake donated her mother's papers to the Archives of American Art in 1987.
creator: label: Creator
content: Blake, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
setName: label: See more items in
content: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blake papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blake papers measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1915 to 1975. Found is correspondence, material related to The Portrait Class taught by Cecilia Beaux and Luis F. Mora, scattered writings and an interview of Blake by Kitty Gelhorn, printed material, and a mixed-media scrapbook.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blake (1894-1981) was a portrait painter and arts administrator active in New York City. 

Known as Betty, Blake began her study of art at the Art Students League of New York. Her goal was to study with portrait painter Cecilia Beaux, who was convinced by Blake to come out of retirement when Blake offered to form a new class.  Blake then directed and managed The Portrait Class, which was held at the Gainsborough Studios, from 1918 to 1927. Largely, the classes were attended by society ladies due to the high ($250) cost of tuition. Due to Beaux's work in Europe, Luis F. Mora taught the class in the early 1920s. 

Blake married William Harold Blake in 1927 and together they had a daughter. She died in 1981 in Wareham, Massachusetts.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1915-1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.blakeliz
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection, the papers are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid prepared by Jayna Josefson in 2020.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Blake papers measure 0.6 linear feet and date from 1915 to 1975. Found is correspondence, material related to The Portrait Class taught by Cecilia Beaux and Luis F. Mora, scattered writings and an interview of Blake by Kitty Gelhorn, printed material, and a mixed-media scrapbook.