Rachael Robinson Elmer
Rachael Robinson Elmer (July 28, 1878 – February 13, 1919), also seen as Rachel Robinson Elmer, was an American artist from Vermont, who gained notability as a painter of postcards of New York City, which "changed the world of American postcards". Early life and education Rachael Robinson was born in 1878 at her parents' ''Rokeby (Ferrisburg, Vermont), Rokeby'' farm in Ferrisburg, Vermont. (The family home is a National Historic Landmark.). She was from an artistic family: her father Rowland Robinson, Rowland Evans Robinson was an author and illustrator, her mother Anna Stevens Robinson a painter. Her grandparents, Rachel Gilpin Robinson (1799-1862) and Rowland Thomas Robinson (1796-1879), were active abolitionists and founders of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society, who made ''Rokeby'' a stop on the Underground Railroad. Beginning in 1891, at twelve years old, Rachael began taking a correspondence drawing course through the Chautauqua Society of Fine Arts. The Chautauqua Socie ...
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