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State House Caucus Room

Mary Eliza Watters Risteau (1890-1978)

Artist: Original, Painted by Talmadge of New York, 2012
Medium: Reproduction
MSA SC 1545-6


Mary E. W. RisteauFirst woman to serve in the Maryland House of Delegates, 1922-24, 1931-33, 1951-54; First woman to serve in the Maryland Senate, 1935-37;
Inductee, Maryland Women's Hall of Fame, 1988

Biography


Portraits in the State House Caucus Room

Clarence W. Blount
Oden Bowie
Frank Brown
Leonard Calvert
Elihu E. Jackson
Robert McLane
Mary E. W. Risteau
Thomas Swann
Francis Thomas
William P. Whyte
Levin Winder

lANdSCAPE pAINTINGS in the State House Caucus Room

Morning on the Severn
Near Union Bridge
Twilight on Bear Creek
Susquehanna River
The Ark & The Dove

 


Decorative Arts & SculpTURE in the State House Caucus Room

Reverdy Johnson
USS MD Silver Service
Engine Room Clock
1905 Arm chairs