Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Savage State
Date:
ca. 1834
Object Number:
1858.1
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sarah May Minturn (1865-1919)
Object Number:
1905.227
Date:
1892
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in. ( 6.7 x 5.4 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: at left:"Paillet/1892"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the eldest daughter of Robert Bowne Minturn, Jr., and Susanna (Shaw) Minturn of New York. She married Henry Dwight Sedgwick, Jr. (1861-1957), an author and critic, at St. George's Church on November 7, 1895.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
