Samantha Littlefield Huntley

Samantha Littlefield Huntley (1865–1949) was a portrait artist who lived and worked in the Eastern United States and Italy during the early part of the 20th Century.[4][6] While with Lefebvre, she noticed that her instructor, in line with the "innate politeness of the French masters," was giving her "pretty compliments" instead of accurate criticism."[5] Huntley replied to a 1909 question asked by St. Louis Post-Dispatch journalist Marguerite Martyn as to the reason for a then-current compliment to a woman artist that "she paints just like a man![14] Other notable people she painted were Wisconsin Senator William F. Vilas and New York Governors Frank W. Higgins and Martin H.[6] A group of supporters of Missouri Governor Herbert Spencer Hadley decided that the Republican Party would pay for a portrait of him.[16] Mrs. Huntley sued Colonel Schoenberg, Sheriff Louis Nolte, General Frank Rumbold and U.S. District Attorney Charles A. Houts, who had suggested the picture be painted.[17] Hadley and Nolte were also summonsed into the Cook County, Illinois, Circuit Court to show cause why they should not be compelled to pay $1,500 for the portrait.The St. Louis Star said, "After placing several different mouths on the picture[,] Hadley and his political supporters declared that it did not look much like him," so they refused to pay the artist.[6] By May 1913, Mrs. Huntley had brought suit for $1,185 against Houts and three other members of the Missouri State Legislature who had refused to pay her bill because the portrait had been changed after its completion.
Portion of St. Louis Post-Dispatch page of November 28, 1909, featuring a headline and an imaginative sketch and part of an article, both by Marguerite Martyn , concerning her interview with artist Samantha Huntley.
John Vanderpoel by Samantha Huntley [ 9 ]
Governor Hadley
portrait artistEastern United StatesMarguerite MartynWest Troy, New YorkWatervliet, New YorkUnion CollegeAlbany, New YorkManhattan, New YorkAlbany Rural CemeteryMenands, New YorkJules LefebvreEugène GrassetTroy, New YorkBuffalo, New YorkJulian [cq] academiesBeaux ArtsJohn VanderpoelMadison, WisconsinSt. Louis, MissouriDetroit Institute of ArtsJohn J. GlennonRochester, New YorkWilliam F. VilasFrank W. HigginsMartin H. GlynnHerbert Spencer HadleysubpoenaCook County, Illinoisshow cause1912 Republican National ConventionJefferson Citypolka dotsAvezzano, Italy