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BESSEY, Martha Davis  ( -1901) sculptor.
          A student of Heraldry, designed Chicago Expo badge.

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1892 Chicago World's Fair Board of Lady Managers Badge
          (designed by Bessey) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 1:303.
PA1 {1999} Schmidt, p 2:826.

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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