Miss Carl was born in Louisiana, the daughter of Francis Augustus and Mary Bredon Carl, and was graduated in 1882 from the State Female College Jat Memphis, Tenn. She then went to Paris to study art and was 3 pupil Jot the famous French painter, Bou-Suereau, and also studied under Gus-fave Courtois.
"Anter winning recognition of her work Miss Carl spent several, years In'China where she was well-known oMeial circles, and made frequent ips. between that country, Europe fand the United States. In addition to the portrait of the Empress Dowager. che painted portraits of H. E. Li Yuan Hung. second President of the Republic of China, and H. E. "Tseng, Former "Lord Chamberlain" to the [Chinese Emperor Hsuan Tung and) Inow the Emperor Kang Teh of san In China Miss Carl received the JOrders of the Double Dragon and the Flaming Pearl. She was a member {the Taternational Society. of Women Painiers of London, the International JJury of Pine Arts, the International Jury of Applied Arts of the St. Louis [Exposition and the Associee Societe Nationale des Artistes Francais of Paris. She also was a member of the Lyceum. Club of London.
Miss Carl was the author of 2 book, J-with the "Empress Dowager of IChina." published with illustrations by the author in 1006.
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