Artist/Maker
Carl A. Weidner
(1865–1906)
Artist/Maker
Fredrika Weidner
(b. 1865)
Depicted
Helen Morris Burr
(ca. 1885 - 1958)
Helen Van Cortlandt Morris (ca. 1885-1958)
1897
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Watercolor on ivory
Overall: 2 7/8 × 2 1/4 in. (7.3 × 5.7 cm)
Gift of the Estate of Peter Marié
1905.171
The subject was a sister of Monson Morris. As children she and her brother were members of the household of Alonzo C. Monson, a former judge of the California Supreme Court and treasurer of the New York Jockey Club. In 1904 Miss Morris married Nelson Beardsley Burr, a New York lawyer and railroad executive.
Markingsinscription: on cardboard backing: "Carl & Fredrika Weidner pinxt./N.Y. 1897. no 286/Miss Helen Morris."
signed: on left: "Weidner"
ClassificationsMINIATURES
Collections
- Peter Marié's "Beauties of New York Society"
Donor family/Donor family
