Collection Highlights
"St. Nicholas. Dec. 6th. A.D. 343"
Date:
1810
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1810.94
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Luce Center
Mrs. William Jay Schieffelin (1871-1948)
Object Number:
1905.224
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 1/4 in. ( 5.7 cm )
Marks:
Signed and dated lower right: "PAILLET / 1892"
Gallery Label:
Maria Louisa Shepard was the eldest daughter of Colonel Elliott Fitch Shepard and Margaret Louisa (Vanderbilt) Shepard. She married William Jay Schieffelin, a great-great-grandson of Chief Justice John Jay and of Jacob Schieffelin, on February 5, 1891.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
