Collection Highlights
William Pitt, the Elder, First Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)
ca. 1770
1864.5
Marble
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Luce Center
Lydia Latrobe Loring (1881-1948)
Title
Lydia Latrobe Loring (1881-1948)
Date
1900
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. ( 7.3 x 5.7 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Peter Mari
Object Number
1905.139
Marks
inscribed: on cardboard backing: "Carl & Fredrika Weidner/N.Y. 1900. No. 333/Miss Lydia Peabody Loring"
signed: on left: "C. and F. Weidner"
Gallery Label
The name Peabody in the cardboard inscription implies that the subject was related to that family, either through her mother in Baltimore or her father in Boston. In both cities the name was a prominent one and it may well have been part of her full name.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
