The subject, father of Peter Marié, was born in Arles, France, and came to New York around 1805 and established himself as a merchant. This miniature was based on an earlier painting of ca. 1810-20.

Marie Virginie Marié was the daughter of John B. Marié and Virginia (Parker) Marié of New York. She married Percy Childs Madeira (ca. 1863-1942) of Philadelphia on January 8, 1888. The donor, Peter Marié, was her uncle.

Maria Howard Potter was the second of six children born to Howard and Mary Louisa Potter. She married J. Kennedy Tod of New York City, a banker, financier, and railroad executive, in 1882.

Hannah Maria Townsend was the daughter of Edward Mitchell Townsend (1829-1904) of New York. She married Auguste Philippe Montant (ca. 1846-1909), a commission merchant, on November 5, 1883.

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.

Sally Marié was the daughter of Camille and Rachel (Steward) Marié and the niece of the donor. She became the first wife of Francis Key Pendleton, a grandson of Francis Scott Key, in 1885; less than a year later she died of pneumonia.

Mary Lee Duvall was the wife of Louis Eugène Marié, who was active as an architect in Philadelphia from at least 1889 to 1897.

The subject was the daughter of Danford Henry Knowlton, a businessman and stockbroker of New York. Her mother was Mary B. (Johnes) Knowlton. She married Allan Appleton Robbins on June 6, 1901. Her husband was a prominent engineer who participated in the construction of the New York subway system.

Margaret Atherton Beeckman, the third daughter of Gilbert Livingston Beeckman and Margaret Atherton (Foster) Beeckman, was born in New York City. She married Campbell Steward (ca. 1852-1936), a New York stockbroker, on January 28, 1885.

Mary Edith Jenks was the daughter of Thomas Allen Jenks of Providence, R.I. In 1867 she became the wife of Col. William W. Goddard, who distinguished himself in the Civil War and in 1888 was appointed chancellor of Brown University.