__NOTOC__ George Hollingsworth (1813–1882) was an American artist, teacher, and administrator active in

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. His father, Mark Hollingsworth, was part owner of Tileston & Hollingsworth, a paper manufacturing firm.Teele p. 542. George completed his studies in Europe. For 28 years he managed and taught at the

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, which began admitting women students at his suggestion. He was affiliated with the

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. He lived in

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, and kept a studio in

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on Washington Street (c. 1848–1868).Boston Directory. 1848, 1868. His paintings ''Portrait of the Hollingsworth Family'' (c. 1840) and ''The Hollingsworth Home in Milton'' (1840s) are in the

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. Image:AlvanClark byGeorgeHollingsworth Harvard.png, ''Portrait of

Alvan Clark Alvan Clark (March 8, 1804 – August 19, 1887), born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, the descendant of a Cape Cod whaling family of English ancestry, was an American astronomer and telescope maker. Biography He started as a portrait painter and engra ...

'' File:George Hollingsworth - The Hollingsworth Family - 47.1227 - Museum of Fine Arts.jpg, ''Portrait of the Hollingsworth Family'', c. 1840 Image:HollingsworthHouse Milton 1840s byGeorgeHollingsworth MFABoston.png, ''The Hollingsworth Home in Milton'', 1840s

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