John Jacob Astor III, NYPL Print Collection

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The Waldorf next to Caroline Astor’s Brownstone Mansion34th Street and 5th Avenue, Image from Justin Kaplan’s

When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods and Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age

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Interior views, Home of William Backhouse Jr. and Caroline Astor34th street and 5th Avenue, Museum of the City of New York

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Beaulieu, NewportWashington Life Magazine, September 2002

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Hector Leroux, School of Vestals

Collection in Art Treasures, 1879

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E. Pagliano, Examining the Legacy

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Charles Louis Muller, Calling the Roll of the Condemned (During the Reign of Terror)

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J.G. Vibert, Sacred ConcertFig 10

L. Rossi, The Old Age of PrinceFig 11

Edward Zamacois, The Rival ConfessorsFig 12

E. Vernier, Selling Shell-fish at St. WaastFig 13

F.H. Kaemmerer, The Baptism Under the Directory

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J.E. Saintin, Distraction

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W. Bouguereau, The Knitter L. Bonnat, Non PiangereFig 16 Fig 17

F. Roybet, Breaking-Up the Party

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Jean Aubert, The Broken Thread

E. Frere, The Exercise

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Adolf Schreyer, Arab Warriors, from Parke-Bernet auction catalogue, April 14, 15 and 16 1943

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Raymundo de Madrazo, Tea Time, from Parke-Bernet auction catalogue, April 14, 15 and 16 1943

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Simon Saint-Jean, Still Life: Flowers and Fruit, from Parke-Bernet auction catalogue, April 14, 15 and 16 1943

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Death of Caesar, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

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F.D. Millet, Bashi-Bazouk, 1878 fromH. Barbara Weinberg “The Career of Francis Davis E. Millet”

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