Durer to Van Dyck by Charles Noble
Lily Price Hamersley became, with her 1888 marriage to the eighth Duke of Marlborough, the highest-ranking American peeress in England and the first American duchess in fifty years. The duke was one of three distinguished, but, alas, short-lived husbands of this beauty from Troy, New York. Her first husband, Louis Hamersley, was a patrician New Yorker who left her an affluent widow at the age of twenty-eight. Her second was the brilliant but wicked, divorced, and socially outcast Duke of Marlborough--brother-in-law to Jennie Churchill, uncle to Winston, and father to the first husband of Consuelo Vanderbilt. Lily's third choice was an ebullient Anglo-Irish lord, William de la Poer Beresford, a horseracing enthusiast whose popularity has been likened to that of modern film stars. In the course of a surprising life, Lily knew triumph and heartbreak while proving herself a woman of self-confidence, optimism, and remarkable resilience. Lily's three marriages, her confident ease in moving into impossibly complicated and exalted social realms, and her decades of dealing with legal complexities related to wills, estates, and trusts make her story read like a newly discovered Edith Wharton novel. The history of the fairytale years when Lily became the Duchess of Marlborough and a dear friend of Winston Churchill is immensely readable and fascinating. Eric Homberger, emeritus professor of American Studies, University of East Anglia, and author of Mrs. Astor's New York: Money and Social Power in a Gilded Age This entrancing portrait of a conventional American girl who made three extraordinary marriages draws on society papers and women's magazines as well as archives, court records and private papers to create a lively and vivid picture of social elites on both sides of the Atlantic during the late nineteenth century. Sally Mitchell, author of Daily Life in Victorian England and The New Girl: Girls' Culture in England, 1880-1915
"This beautifully presented new exhibition – hosted by the National Galleries of Scotland at the Royal Scottish Academy – features some 50 drawings and watercolours spanning the 16th to 18th centuries from the likes of Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein and Peter Paul Rubens.." - The Telegraph
"It’s a privilege that the National Galleries of Scotland becomes the first and only venue to display these timeless works of art in this specially crafted exhibition and we cannot wait to share it with our visitors.”' - The Herald
National Galleries of Scotland's 'Durer to Van Dyke: Drawings from Chatsworth House' exhibition was reviewed by The Herald. - The Herald
National Galleries of Scotland's 'Durer to Van Dyke: Drawings from Chatsworth House' exhibition was featued on The Guardian's 'Going out, staying in' guide. - The Guardian
"It’s a privilege that the National Galleries of Scotland becomes the first and only venue to display these timeless works of art in this specially crafted exhibition and we cannot wait to share it with our visitors.”' - The Herald
National Galleries of Scotland's 'Durer to Van Dyke: Drawings from Chatsworth House' exhibition was reviewed by The Herald. - The Herald
National Galleries of Scotland's 'Durer to Van Dyke: Drawings from Chatsworth House' exhibition was featued on The Guardian's 'Going out, staying in' guide. - The Guardian
Charles Noble is Emeritus Curator, Fine Art at Chatsworth House. Gregory Rubinstein is Senior Director and Head of the Old Master Drawings Department Worldwide at Sotheby’s. Christian Tico Seifert is Senior Curator, European & Scottish Art & Portraiture at the National Galleries of Scotland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781911054672 |
| ISBN 10 | 1911054678 |
| Title | Durer to Van Dyck |
| Author | Charles Noble |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | National Galleries of Scotland |
| Year published | 2024-10-29 |
| Number of pages | 120 |
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