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[[File:Armenian Ladies At Home.jpg|thumb|Armenian Ladies At Home by Henry Van Lennep]] |
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In addition to his writings, he has many works of sketching and water color painting many of which documents the life and traditions of people in the Ottoman Empire such as Turks, [[Kurds]], [[Albanians]] and [[Armenians]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Van Leppen |first=Henry |title=Bible lands: their modern customs and manners illustrative of Scripture |year=1875 |location=New York,: Harper & brothers,}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WORKS BY HENRY J. VAN LENNEP |url=https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/artist/16923/henry-j-van-lennep}}</ref>. |
In addition to his writings, he has many works of sketching and water color painting many of which documents the life and traditions of people in the Ottoman Empire such as Turks, [[Kurds]], [[Albanians]] and [[Armenians]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Van Leppen |first=Henry |title=Bible lands: their modern customs and manners illustrative of Scripture |year=1875 |location=New York,: Harper & brothers,}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=WORKS BY HENRY J. VAN LENNEP |url=https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/artist/16923/henry-j-van-lennep}}</ref>. |
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Henry J. Van Lennep (1815-1889) was a nineteenth century painter,[1] missionary and historian. He was married to Mary E. Van Lennep.
Life
Mary E. Van Lennep was born in to a wealthy family in Smyrna in 1815. He went to the US to continue his education and attended Amherst College[1]. After that he became an ordained minister in 1839 and decided to become a missionary. Thus, he traveled across the US, Greece and Ottoman empire. He married three times: first to Emma L. Bliss (1839-40), second to Mary E. Van Lennep (1843-44), and third Emily Ann Bird. He died in 1889.[2]
Works
In addition to his writings, he has many works of sketching and water color painting many of which documents the life and traditions of people in the Ottoman Empire such as Turks, Kurds, Albanians and Armenians[3][4].
Books
- Travels in Little-known Parts of Asia Minor
- Bible lands: their modern customs and manners illustrative of Scripture
References
- ^ a b "Adventures with the Henry J. Van Lennep Collection".
- ^ "Henry J. Van Lennep (AC 1837) Sketches and Papers".
- ^ Van Leppen, Henry (1875). Bible lands: their modern customs and manners illustrative of Scripture. New York,: Harper & brothers,.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "WORKS BY HENRY J. VAN LENNEP".