Collection Highlights
Miscegenation: the theory of the blending of the races, applied to the American white man and negro..
Date:
1864
Object Number:
LIB.E185.62.C76.1864
Medium:
Paper
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Mrs. Sidney Webster (1838-1923)
Object Number:
1905.260
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 5.4 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: at left:"Paillet/1892"
Gallery Label:
Sarah Morris Fish was the eldest daughter of Hamilton Fish. In 1860 she was married to Sidney Webster, a lawyer who had served as private secretary to President Franklin Pierce (1853-57); that same year her husband moved his law practice from Boston to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Webster were socially prominent in New York and Newport, R.I.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
