Ann Sophia Towne Darrah

1819 Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1845 Married Robert Kendall Darrah (a Charlestown, New Hampshire, native)

1849 Studied with German-born Philadelphia artist Paul Weber

1850s Produced earliest known White Mountain work

1855 First exhibited at the Boston Athenaeum

1856 First exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; resided in Philadelphia

1858 Exhibited in an exhibition organized by Albert Bierstadt at New Bedford, Massachusetts; resided in South Charlestown, New Hampshire

1859 Resided in Boston, Massachusetts

1876 Exhibited at U.S. Centennial Exposition, Philadelphia

1879 Exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts Contemporary Art Exhibit

1881 Solo exhibition at the William and Everett Gallery, Boston; died in Boston, Massachusetts

1882 Posthumous exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston