Elizabeth Glaser (artist)

Glaser and her contemporaries Eunice Pinney and Mary Ann Willson are three of the earliest American artists to work in the medium of watercolor.

It is likely that she lived in Baltimore or its environs since a few of her works bear inscriptions naming that city or the suburb of Fredericktown.

[2] As Richard B. Woodward has noted, the range of her activities reflects the education and artistic training common to upper-class American women during the early nineteenth century.

All are characterized by bright colours, an economical, almost calligraphic style of drawing, and the sophisticated use of the paper surface in modelling figures and executing details.

Woodward has commented that her "captivating style depends on the combination of refined draughtsmanship and broad areas of striking colour.