caption death_date birth_place training nationality name field birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name
rose oil on canvas , 25 ″ × 21 ″ . peckham louisa may alcott memorial association , orchard house , concord , , mass . '' may alcott nieriker '' . 29 december 1879 concord , massachusetts school , william morris hunt , william rimmer , krug , of vautier and müller the museum of fine arts in boston american may alcott nieriker painting 26 july 1840 ernest nieriker rose 1879 -rrb- . jpg peckham - abigail may alcott nieriker -lrb- d. abigail may alcott nieriker
 abigail may alcott
abigail may alcott nieriker

-lrb- abigail -rrb- may alcott nieriker -lrb- july 26 , 1840 -- december 29 , 1879 -rrb- was an american artist and the youngest sister of louisa may alcott .
she was the basis for the character amy -lrb- an anagram of may -rrb- in her sister 's semi-autobiographical novel `` little women '' -lrb- 1868 -rrb- .
she was named after her mother , abigail may , and first called abba , then abby , and finally may , which she asked to be called in november 1863 when in her twenties .
