Beauty's legacy : gilded age portraits in America / edited by Barbara Dayer Gallati; with a contribution by Valerie Steele.
The catalog features 65 portraits from the New-York Historical Society collection: sitters range from celebrated beauties to business titans, among them Mrs. William Waldorf Astor, Emma Thursby, Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, Mary Barrett Wendell, Reverend Henry Codman Potter, and Mary Gardiner Thompson;...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
The New-York Historical Society in association with D Giles Limited,
[2013]
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| Physical Description: | 184 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 29 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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The catalog features 65 portraits from the New-York Historical Society collection: sitters range from celebrated beauties to business titans, among them Mrs. William Waldorf Astor, Emma Thursby, Samuel Verplanck Hoffman, Mary Barrett Wendell, Reverend Henry Codman Potter, and Mary Gardiner Thompson; featured artists include John Singer Sargent, James Carroll Beckwith, George Peter Alexander Healy, Daniel Huntington, Eastman Johnson, and Benjamin Curtis Porter. Accompanying entries provide insight into patterns of patronage within a social milieu obsessed with identity and appearance. Essays consider issues such as celebrity, exclusivity, philanthropy, and the competing ideals of natural and enhanced beauty. |
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| Note: | Published in conjunction with an exhibition held September 27, 2013-March 9, 2014 at the New-York Historical Society. |
| Call Number: | ND1311.2 .B43 2013 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781907804182 1907804188 |