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Earl Shinn
(American, 1837–1886)
Bone (likely a play off his surname)
Hiromichi Shugio
( Japanese, 1853–1927)
Varnish
F. Hopkinson Smith
(American, 1838–1915)
Owl
John H. Twachtman
(American, 1853– 1902)
Pie
Elihu Vedder
(American, 1836–1923)
The Pagan (perhaps referring to Rome,
where he lived)
J. Alden Weir
(American, 1852–1919)
Cadmium (he was partial to using
cadmium yellow in his paintings)
Stanford White
(American, 1853–1906)
Builder or Beaver (probably because of his
busy lifestyle)
Edward Wimbridge
(English, 1841–1898)
Grasshopper
42 THE TILE CLUB: Camaraderie and American Plein-Air Painting
Honorary Tile Club Members
and their Sobriquets
William Chester Baird
(American, b. Switzerland,
1842–1908)
Barytone (he was a famous baritone singer)
George Henry Boughton
(English, 1833–1905)
The Puritan (known for his paintings
of Puritans)
Antonio Knauth
(American, b. Germany, 1855–1915)
Horsehair (perhaps referring to his playing
the cello)
Gustav Kobbé
(American, 1857–1918)
Husk
Dr. Joseph Lewenberg
(American, 1848/1850–1905)
Catgut (referring to the strings of a
violin which he played)
Alfred Parsons
(English, 1847–1920)
Burr or The Englishman
Charles W. Truslow
(American, 1854–1911)
The Boarder