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Jeanette Shepperd Harrison Loop (1840–1909) was an American painter.

Jeanette Shepperd Harrison Loop
A Woman of the Century
Born	1840 New Haven, Connecticut
Died	1909
Nationality	American
Occupation	Painter

Biography

Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Loop came from a distinguished family, counting among her ancestors Roger and Oliver Wolcott.[1] Her first studies took place in her native city under Louis Bail, later continuing under George Henry Durrie and Wales Hotchkiss, and she set up practice as a portraitist in her hometown, where she was known for painting from life.[1] She moved to New York in 1863 to continue her studies under Henry Augustus Loop, whom she married in 1864; the couple then toured Europe, visiting Paris, Rome, and Venice, and showed work at the Paris Salon of 1869.[2] She was elected as an associate of the National Academy of Design in 1873, but never became a full member, missing out by one vote in 1876.[1] Nevertheless, she continued showing at the Academy, where she had first exhibited in 1866 and 1867; having taken a break until 1871, she rarely missed an annual thereafter until 1905. Exhibiting as Mrs. Henry Augustus Loop, she established herself as a portraitist, especially of children,[2] although she also painted a few idealized genre pieces of children as well.[1] Her portrait in the National Academy collection is by her husband. She died in Saratoga, New York in 1909.[2]

The Loops had four daughters; Edith also became a painter.[2]

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