Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: Desolation
Date:
1836
Object Number:
1858.5
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Peter Marié's "Beauties of New York Society"
Mrs. George Cabot Lodge (ca. 1875-1960)
Object Number:
1905.56
Date:
1898
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory; silver gilt; textile
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 9.5 x 7 cm )
Marks:
signed: "Weidner"
Inscribed on backing paper attached to rear of ivory: "Carl & Fredrika Weidner Pinxt / N.Y. 1898. No 273 of Miss / Bessie Davis / Frelinghuysen"
Gallery Label:
Mathilda Davis is depicted in costume ball attire, possibly dressed for the legendary Bradley Martin masquerade ball of 1897. As a debutante, she attracted considerable notice and several offers of marriage. A "tall, handsome brunette" who dressed "with marked good taste," Mathilda reportedly refused a Vanderbilt in Newport and another suitor in Washington before agreeing to marry George Cabot Lodge, son of the powerful Republican senator Henry Cabot Lodge, in 1900.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
