Collection Highlights
Framed leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier
Date:
1865
Object Number:
1947.47
Medium:
Albumen photograph, plant material, ink, silk ribbon, wood gilding
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Mrs. Thomas Buchanan Winthrop (ca.1850-1916)
Object Number:
1905.273
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 x 2 1/4 in. ( 7.6 x 5.7 cm )
Marks:
Signed and dated lower right: "PAILLET / 1892"
Gallery Label:
Sarah Helen Townsend was the daughter of Isaac and Mary (Austen) Townsend. She married Thomas Buchanan Winthrop (1841-1900), the son the Henry Rogers Winthrop, on June 4, 1872. Her husband was a lawyer, a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and served as a Fellow of Yale University from 1891 until his death. The Winthrops maintained residences in New York and Newport, Rhode Island.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
