biografía de Sophia THOREAU (1819-1876)
Lugar de nacimiento: Concord, MA
Lugar de defunción: Bangor, ME
Profesión: Amateur artist
Comentarios: Youngest sister of Henry David Thoreau. She was born in Concord (MA) and spent almost all her life there, moving to Bangor (ME) only a few years before her death. She painted in 1839 the only known life portrait of her brother, and she also made a drawing of his cabin by Walden Pond.
Fuentes: G&W; Sanborn, Henry David Thoreau (1892), 10, (1917), 338; Art Digest (Dec. 1, 1932), 16, repro.