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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Mary Constance Wright (ca.1865-1940)
Object Number:
1905.280
Date:
1893
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. ( 5.4 x 4.4 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on paper backing: "Miss Constance Wright/Paillet/6Bd de Clichy/Paris."
signed and dated: at left:"Paillet/1893"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the daughter of Isaac Merritt and Mary (Bedford) Wright (d. 1907). She and her sister Florence lived with their mother in Hempstead, Long Island.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
