Collection Highlights
Donner Lake From the Summit
1873
1909.16
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Countess of Essex (ca. 1865-1922)
Title
Countess of Essex (ca. 1865-1922)
Date
ca. 1895
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 in. ( 8.6 x 6.4 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Peter Mari
Object Number
1905.77
Marks
signed: "Behenna"
Gallery Label
Adele Beach Grant, eldest daughter of Beach Grant of New York, was the second wife of the seventh Earl of Essex, George Devereux de Vere Capell (1857-1916). They married in 1893.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
