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Oil portrait of William Henry Rossington by artist Jerome S. Uhl. The subject was editor of the Commonwealth and Leavenworth Commercial newspapers. He also served in the State Legislature and operated a law firm with Charles Blood Smith. Rossington and Smith co-founded the Topeka Club, a social group consisting primarily of prominent Topekans. This portrait hung in the organization's clubhouse until it disbanded in the early 1920s. The artist was a painter from Cincinnati, Ohio, who studied in Paris, exhibited in Europe, and painted portraits of a number of prominent Americans.
Creator: Uhl, S. Jerome
Date: 1909
Item Number: 225210
Call Number: 1983.2870.0
KSHS Identifier: 1983.2870.0
Collections - Museum
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Social and Civic - Topeka Club
Date - 1900s - 1909
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Portrait
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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