Collection Highlights
Castle Garden, New York City
Date:
1859
Object Number:
1972.13
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bertha Howard Potter (ca. 1870-1933)
Object Number:
1905.201
Date:
1895
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
diameter: 2 in. ( 5.1 cm )
Marks:
signed and dated: "Paillet/1895"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the youngest daughter of Howard Potter (1826-97), a lawyer and banker, and Mary Louisa (Brown) Potter of New York. She married Robert Shaw Minturn (ca. 1864-1918) in Philadelphia in 1906.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
