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- ↑ National Portrait Gallery: http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.94.30
- ↑ "Rhoda Sherbell – The Art Students League". The Art Students League. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ↑ American Academy of Arts and Letters: "American Academy of Arts and Letters - Award Winners". Archived from the original on 2008-10-13. Retrieved 2008-12-19.
- ↑ Art Times Journal: http://www.arttimesjournal.com/art/Art_Essays/May_13_Raymond_J_Steiner/Rhoda_Sherbell_honoree.html
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- ↑ "U.S. Department of State - Art in Embassies". art.state.gov. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
- ↑ "Sherbell, Rhoda, NA 1982". National Academy Museum. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
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