Early Life and Education George Henry Yewell (January 20, 1830 – September 26, 1923) was an American painter and etcher born in Havre de Grace, Maryland. His father, Solomon Yewell, died when he was a young boy, leaving him and his mother to relocate to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Harriet Carver Yewell had family connections. Recognizing the importance of artistic training, Harriet enrolled her son in Theodore S. Parvin’s school in Iowa City, Iowa—Parvin would later become a respected educator and editor of *The Annals of Iowa*. This formative experience instilled in Yewell an appreciation for o…