Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. Matson Meier-Smith (1829-after 1891)
Object Number:
1959.86
Date:
ca. 1850-1855
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 19 3/4 in. ( 61 x 50.2 cm )
Gallery Label:
Mary Stuart White, the daughter of Norman White of New York, married the Rev. Dr. Matson Meier-Smith (1826-87) on November 14, 1849. The family lived in Connecticut, New Jersey, and finally Philadelphia, where Dr. Meier-Smith was a professor at the Episcopal Divinity School.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mary Constance DuBois
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
