Artist/Maker
Fernand Paillet
(French, 1850 - 1918)
Depicted
Sarah Fish Webster
(American, 1838 – 1925)
Mrs. Sidney Webster (Sarah Morris Fish, 1838–1925)
1892
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 2 1/8 × 1 3/4 in. (5.4 × 4.4 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
1905.260
Sarah Morris Fish was the eldest daughter of Hamilton Fish. In 1860 she was married to Sidney Webster, a lawyer who had served as private secretary to President Franklin Pierce (1853-57); that same year her husband moved his law practice from Boston to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Webster were socially prominent in New York and Newport, R.I.
SignedSigned and dated at left: "Paillet / 1892"
ClassificationsMINIATURES
Collections
- Peter Marié's "Beauties of New York Society"
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