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Spencer Baird Nichols -LRB- 1875 -- 1950 -RRB- was an American portrait painter , illustrator and muralist .. American. United States. portrait painter. portrait painter. illustrator. illustrator. muralist. muralist. Nichols was born to Henry Hobart and Indiana Jay Nichols on February 13 , 1875 in Washington , D.C. , and attended the Corcoran School of Art .. Corcoran School of Art. Corcoran College of Art and Design. He died August 28 , 1950 in Kent , Connecticut .. While he received much recognition and was quite prolific in his time , much of his creative work was ultimately destroyed , lost or unattributed to him .. What survives are a handful of easel paintings and some commercial work , particularly book illustrations and murals .. More of his earliest works , signed with just the initials , SBN , may gradually come to public recognition with the help of publications such as this .