composition at the 1904 National Academy of Design exhibition in New York for The Sacred Hecatomb. The painting, called an "important" work by The Independent, depicts dancing Greek maidens and children leading a procession of cattle to the sacrifice. Harper's Weekly commented, "These joyous figures, moving in a leafy glade into which the sunlight filters, are charming in color and rhythmic movement, and as a piece of admirably conceived and executed decorative painting it stands alone in the collection." She was the first woman to earn a major prize at the National Academy. Her self-portrait was an Associate National Academian (ANA) diploma presentation on March 7, 1904; It was also exhibited with in the National Academy of Design Portraits exhibition held by the National Arts Club in 1916. By 1906 she was vice president and member of the selection jury of the Woman's Art Club of New York, which was formed in 1890 as a social club for women interested in art and as a forum to exhibit women artist's works. Death Sewell died in 1926 in Florence, Italy. Her husband, Robert Van Vorst Sewell died in 1924, also in Florence. Collections Awards References Further reading External links Category:American portrait painters Category:American women painters Category:19th-century American painters Category:World's Columbian Exposition Category:1859 births Category:1926 deaths Category:20th-century American painters Category:People from Essex County, New York Category:Painters from New York (state) Category:National Academy of Design alumni Category:Cooper Union alumni Category:Art Students League of New York alumni Category:Alumni of the Académie Julian Category:National Academy of Design associates Category:20th-century American women artists Category:19th-century American women artists