Nellie Mathes Horne (May 26, 1870 – May 26, 1950) was an American painter. Born in Eliot,

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, Horne was the daughter of John Harrison and Lizzie N. (Young) Mathes. She was educated in the local public schools and those of

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before graduating from the Commercial College in Boston. She also had lessons with Ulysses Dow Tenney, with whom she collaborated on a number of works. She moved to

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sometime around 1900 and opened a studio at The Dewey. During her career she painted portraits of many notables, among them Edward Everett Hale,

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and Frank Jones; she also painted portraits of at least ten mayors of Portsmouth. A portrait by Horne of

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is currently owned by the

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, while the portrait of Frank Jones is currently in the collection of the

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. The

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owns a portrait of David Henshaw ascribed to Ulysses Dow in whose creation she may have assisted. Horne lived in Portsmouth for a number of years; in that city, on August 5, 1891, she married William H. Horne. She also had a studio in

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for some time. Horne moved to Los Angeles in 1920 and died there; she is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in

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