Allegra Eggleston

She drew constantly and modeled occasionally in clay, but she had no art teaching until she was received into classes in Cooper Institute in October, 1875.

She did creditable work there for two years, after which she entered the studio of Wyatt Eaton, where she made rapid progress in painting from life.

[4] About 1891, she returned to study art in Paris with Charles Lasar and was friends with the American miniaturist from Cleveland, Sarah Elizabeth Rickey (1844-1923).

In 1882, she carved panels for a memorial mantel piece in the editorial rooms of The Century Magazine, on one of which was cut a portrait in bas-relief of Dr. Josiah Gilbert Holland.

[6] Eggleston spent the winter in New York City and made her home during the rest of the year at Lake George, where she had a studio in her father's stone library.