1864, April 18, Anna Huntington Stanley (later Holbrook) was born in Yellow Springs, OH; she was the fourth child of General David Sloan Stanley (1828 – 1902) of Chester Cedar Valley, OH, and Anna Maria Wright (d. 1895) of Wilkes-Barre, PA.

1874, The family moved to Detroit for General Stanley's military duties at Fort Wayne, MI.

1876, General Stanley was posted in New York, NY.

1881, Willard Ames Holbrook of Wisconsin (later General Stanley's aide-de-camp and Anna's husband), won appointment to United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY.

1878–82, Anna attended The Buffalo Female Academy, studying painting under Ammi M. Farnham and graduated from high school.

1882–85, Attended The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, studied under Thomas Eakins and Thomas Anshutz.
 Met students: Pauline “Lena” Dohn (later Rudolph), Anna “Page” Scott, Ida C. Haskell and Susan J. Moody, all of whom remained lifelong friends.

1884, General Stanley was ordered to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX, as commanding general of the Texas Territory, the family accompanied.

1885, General Stanley addressed West Point graduates, one of whom, Willard Ames Holbrook, who graduated 17th in his class.

1887–88, Anna attended Académie Julian, Paris, FR and studied under Boulanger and Lefebvre.
 She lived with Lena Dohn at the Hotel Oxford and Cambridge at 13 rue d’Alger near the Tuileries Garden and the Musée du Louvre.

1888,
May 1, exhibited charcoal drawing Portrait de Mme.
E. H…: --fusain, Paris Salon. (
Location unknown.)

May – November, painted in Rijsoord, NL, with John H. Vanderpoel, formerly an instructor of the Art Institute of Chicago, along with Ida C. Haskell, Alice Kellogg, Page Scott and Lena Dohn.

In November began studying at the Académie Colarossi under Rixen and Courtois.
 Lived with Alice Kellogg, Ida C. Haskell, Anna Page Scott and Mrs. Hannah Haskell at 16 rue le Verrier near the Luxembourg Gardens.
 Anna shared a rented a studio with Beulah Strong (through 1889).

1889,
May 1, exhibited Au commencement et à la fin (also known as At each end of the Thread), Paris Salon, Paris, FR.

June – November, Anna painted in Rijsoord, NL.

November 14, Anna Stanley and Page Scott arrived in New York from Rotterdam; Anna was resettled in Fort Sam Houston by November 30.

1890, Anna painted her father's portrait, possibly in Texas.

April 10 – May 17, exhibited At each end of the Thread (also known as Au commencement et à la fin), and Girl Stirring Fire (also known asDutch Girl Stirring a Fire),  National Academy of Design, Annual Exhibition, New York, NY.

1891,
June 8 – 27,  exhibited, Dutch Girl Stirring a Fire (also known as Girl Stirring Fire), Bringing Home the Milk (also known as The Milk Maid), Little French Sisters (also known as Two Children In Cart and The French Sisters), Detroit Museum of Art (now the Detroit Institute of the Arts), “First Annual Exhibit of American Art,” Detroit, MI.

July 5,  exhibited Brevet-Maj-General David Stanley, O’Brien Galleries Chicago, IL.

August – June 1892, 1st Lieutenant Willard Ames Holbrook was Aide-de-camp to General Stanley in Texas.

1892
In June General Stanley retired at Fort Sam Houston, TX and Lieutenant Holbrook was posted to West Point.

November 21 – December 17, exhibited Busy Bee at the National Academy of Design, Autumn Exhibition, New York, NY (currently missing).

1893, September 13, General Stanley begins his appointment as Governor of the Old Soldiers’ Home, Washington, D.C., through April 15, 1898.

1894,
January 20 – Feb. 17, exhibited  Study of Girl (also called Girl Reading),  Boston Art Club, Boston, MA.

April 2 – May 12, exhibited  Study of Girl (also called Girl Reading), National Academy of Design Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, which competed for the Norman W. Dodge Prize.

April 9 – 14,  exhibited Portrait of a West Point Cadet (also called Cadet [portrait of David Sheridan Stanley]),  Society of Washington Artists at the Cosmos Club, Washington, DC.

December 10 – 15,  exhibited The Milk Maid (also known as Bringing Home the Milk), Two Children In Cart (als
1864, April 18, Anna Huntington Stanley (later Holbrook) was born in Yellow Springs, OH; she was the fourth child of General David Sloan Stanley (1828 – 1902) of Chester Cedar Valley, OH, and Anna Maria Wright (d. 1895) of Wilkes-Barre, PA.
1874, The family moved to Detroit for General Stanley's military duties at Fort Wayne, MI.
1876, General Stanley was posted in New York, NY.
1881, Willard Ames Holbrook of Wisconsin (later General Stanley's aide-de-camp and Anna's husband), won appointment to United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point, NY.
1878–82, Anna attended The Buffalo Female Academy, studying painting under Ammi M. Farnham and graduated from high school.
1882–85, Attended The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, studied under Thomas Eakins and Thomas Anshutz.  Met students: Pauline “Lena” Dohn (later Rudolph), Anna “Page” Scott, Ida C. Haskell and Susan J. Moody, all of whom remained lifelong friends.
1884, General Stanley was ordered to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX, as commanding general of the Texas Territory, the family accompanied.
1885, General Stanley addressed West Point graduates, one of whom, Willard Ames Holbrook, who graduated 17th in his class.
1887–88, Anna attended Académie Julian, Paris, FR and studied under Boulanger and Lefebvre.  She lived with Lena Dohn at the Hotel Oxford and Cambridge at 13 rue d’Alger near the Tuileries Garden and the Musée du Louvre.
1888,
May 1, exhibited charcoal drawing Portrait de Mme. E. H…: --fusain, Paris Salon. (Location unknown.)
May – November, painted in Rijsoord, NL, with John H. Vanderpoel, formerly an instructor of the Art Institute of Chicago, along with Ida C. Haskell, Alice Kellogg, Page Scott and Lena Dohn.
In November began studying at the Académie Colarossi under Rixen and Courtois.  Lived with Alice Kellogg, Ida C. Haskell, Anna Page Scott and Mrs. Hannah Haskell at 16 rue le Verrier near the Luxembourg Gardens.  Anna shared a rented a studio with Beulah Strong (through 1889).
1889,
May 1, exhibited Au commencement et à la fin (also known as At each end of the Thread), Paris Salon, Paris, FR.
June – November, Anna painted in Rijsoord, NL.
November 14, Anna Stanley and Page Scott arrived in New York from Rotterdam; Anna was resettled in Fort Sam Houston by November 30.
1890, Anna painted her father's portrait, possibly in Texas.
April 10 – May 17, exhibited At each end of the Thread (also known as Au commencement et à la fin), and Girl Stirring Fire (also known asDutch Girl Stirring a Fire),  National Academy of Design, Annual Exhibition, New York, NY.
1891,
June 8 – 27,  exhibited, Dutch Girl Stirring a Fire (also known as Girl Stirring Fire), Bringing Home the Milk (also known as The Milk Maid), Little French Sisters (also known as Two Children In Cart and The French Sisters), Detroit Museum of Art (now the Detroit Institute of the Arts), “First Annual Exhibit of American Art,” Detroit, MI.
July 5,  exhibited Brevet-Maj-General David Stanley, O’Brien Galleries Chicago, IL.
August – June 1892, 1st Lieutenant Willard Ames Holbrook was Aide-de-camp to General Stanley in Texas.
1892
In June General Stanley retired at Fort Sam Houston, TX and Lieutenant Holbrook was posted to West Point.
November 21 – December 17, exhibited Busy Bee at the National Academy of Design, Autumn Exhibition, New York, NY (currently missing).
1893, September 13, General Stanley begins his appointment as Governor of the Old Soldiers’ Home, Washington, D.C., through April 15, 1898.
1894,
January 20 – Feb. 17, exhibited  Study of Girl (also called Girl Reading),  Boston Art Club, Boston, MA.
April 2 – May 12, exhibited  Study of Girl (also called Girl Reading), National Academy of Design Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, which competed for the Norman W. Dodge Prize.
April 9 – 14,  exhibited Portrait of a West Point Cadet (also called Cadet [portrait of David Sheridan Stanley]),  Society of Washington Artists at the Cosmos Club, Washington, DC.
December 10 – 15,  exhibited The Milk Maid (also known as Bringing Home the Milk), Two Children In Cart (als
Anna Huntington Stanley