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Oil on Canvas. Object No. 1980.429. Location. Entrance Hall. Description. Portrait of Eliza Jumel and her two grandchildren, painted in Rome, Italy in 1854. The Morris-Jumel Mansion is one of the nation’s foremost historic house museums and Manhattan’s oldest surviving residence.
In 1810, wealthy French wine merchant Stephen Jumel and his American wife, Eliza, purchased the mansion, and spared no expense refurbishing it. In 1828, they returned from Paris with crates of furniture and paintings, much of which they claimed had belonged to Napoleon.
26 de dic. de 2021 · JUMEL, Eliza Bowen, heiress, b. at sea between France and the West Indies in 1769; d. in New York, 16 July, 1865. Her mother, whose name was Capet, died at her birth, and the daughter was adopted by a Mrs. Thompson, of Newport, R. I. At seventeen years of age Eliza eloped with and married Col. Peter Croix, a British officer, and, removing to ...
10 de may. de 2015 · May 10, 2015 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment. Eliza Jumel rose from poverty to become one of New York’s richest women with the help of a fortune acquired from her first husband, Stephen Jumel. His own origins, until now shrouded in mystery, will be revealed in an illustrated lecture at the Morris-Jumel Mansion on Saturday, May 16, at 2 pm.
2 de abr. de 2017 · Margaret has an unlikely sideline as a medical writer, and is the author of a consumer-health book, Beat Crohn’s! Getting to Remission with Enteral Nutrition (2009). She volunteered as a docent for 5 years at the Morris-Jumel Mansion. An active member of Toastmasters from 2009 to 2014, Margaret enjoys speaking before an audience.
7 de jul. de 2020 · Eliza Jumel. In 1865, Eliza Jumel died at 90 years old. By this time she was a well known eccentric from New York who had demonstrated her ability as a prudent businesswoman and an important art collector. Unfortunately, due to a combination of malicious rumor spread by her enemies and tall tales she told about herself, Jumel’s early life is ...
1 de jun. de 2001 · Abstract. Eliza Bowen Jumel (1775–1865) was the first woman in America to form a significant collection of paintings. Lacking female role models, Jumel turned to the Duchesse de Berry and Comtesse Tascher de la Pagerie whom she encountered on her sojourns In France. At the other end of the social spectrum, Jumel also learned, while making her ...
