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January 13, 2017
Edward Marsh (November 18, 1872 – January 13, 1953)
Sir Edward Howard Marsh KCVO CB CMG was a British polymath, translator, arts patron and civil servant. He was the sponsor of the Georgian school of poets and a friend to many poets, including Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon.
Born: November 18, 1872, London, United Kingdom
Died: January 13, 1953, London, United Kingdom
Parents: Frederick Howard Marsh
Books: Rupert Brooke, Letters to an Editor: Georgian Poetry, 1912-1922: An Exhibition from the Berg Collection
Education: Trinity College, Cambridge
Westminster School
Grandparent: Maria Haward
People also search for: Rupert Brooke, Frederick Howard Marsh, Keith Hale, John Dozier Gordan
Lived: 5 Gray's Inn Square, London WC1R 5AH, UK (51.51967, -0.11313)
The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be Called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns. Located at the intersection of High Holborn and Gray's Inn Road in Central London, the Inn is both a professional body and a provider of office accommodation (chambers) for many barristers.
Address: 5 Gray's Inn Square, London WC1R 5AH, UK (51.51967, -0.11313)
Type: Historic Street (open to public)
Place
In the years leading to the outbreak of WWI and then spanning the next 23 post-war years, an apartment at No 5 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s lnn – remarkable for its fine paintings – lay at the centre of a network of emerging poets and other artists. This was the home, until bombed in 1941, of the polymath and senior Civil Servant, Edward (Eddie) Marsh (knighted in 1937), who in 1905 became Private Secretary to Winston Churchill when the latter was made Under-Secretary for the Colonies. The importance of Marsh as the patron of artists, however, ranks even higher than his distinguished career as a public servant. His patronage was of the utmost value because he had access to many friends in the fields of politics, art and literature, regularly spending weekends amongst them at grand country house parties. Above all, he had money – always useful to young impoverished artists. The ever sociable Eddie was also an entertaining host, usually over breakfast at No 5, cooked by his loyal housekeeper Mrs Elgy, ‘an apple-faced woman from Derbyshire’. Breakfast guests might include Rupert Brooke, Stanley Spencer, Siegfried Sassoon, Edward Thomas, Paul Nash and W.H. Davies. To this list ought to be added the name of Lady Eileen Wellesley, daughter of the Duke of Wellington and Rupert Brooke’s lover, whose hair pins were found in Brooke’s bed at No 5 by a shocked Mrs Elgy. In May 1914, Sassoon at last broke free from his family home in Kent and moved to live at No 1 Raymond Buildings, WC1R which if nothing else was close to Marsh. Sassoon engaged a housekeeper, Mrs Fretter, who appeared “economic” or so he told Marsh. At this time Raymond Buildings was regarded as at the “noisy end of Gray’s Inn,” being too close to the interminable traffic on the Theobalds Road. Sassoon was not so much disturbed by that as by his inability to make ends meet despite the estimable Mrs Fretter. He was never very domesticated and, aged 27, had lived a very sheltered life at home, writing poetry, playing cricket and golf, and going fox-hunting. He had overspent furnishing No 1, and rather than concentrating on writing and improving his prospects, he purchased a rolled up umbrella and bowler hat, and from the top deck of a bus became a tourist and generally a man-about-town. It proved disastrous, and soon he was back living with his mother, but not before he met Rupert Brooke. This was over bacon and kidneys at a breakfast meeting at No 5, which from 1909 was Brooke’s unofficial London home, encouraged by the ever indulgent Marsh. (Mrs Elgy, however, disliked Brooke’s preference forr eating meals on a tray whilst sprawled on the sitting-room floor propped up by cushions.) From 1592 to 1594 also Anthony Bacon stayed with his brother Francis in Francis’ chambers at Gray’s Inn. Together, they established a scrivenery employing scriveners who acted as secretaries, writers, translators, copyists and cryptographers, dealing with correspondence, translations, copying, ciphers, essays, books, plays, entertainments and masques.
Life
Who: Sir Edward Howard Marsh KCVO CB CMG (November 18, 1872 – January 13, 1953)
Edward Marsh was a British polymath, translator, arts patron and civil servant. He was the sponsor of the Georgian school of poets and a friend to many poets, including Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon. In his career as a civil servant he worked as Private Secretary to a succession of Great Britain's most powerful ministers, particularly Winston Churchill. He was a discreet but influential figure within Britain's homosexual community. Marsh's father was (Frederick) Howard Marsh, a surgeon and later Master of Downing College, Cambridge. His mother, born Jane Perceval, was a granddaughter of prime minister Spencer Perceval. Jane, a nurse, was one of the founders of the Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; Howard was a surgeon at the hospital. A classical scholar and translator, Marsh edited five anthologies of Georgian Poetry between 1912 and 1922, and he became Rupert Brooke's literary executor, editing his “Collected Poems” in 1918. Later in life he published verse translations of “La Fontaine” and “Horace,” and a translation of Fromentin's novel, “Dominique.” The sales of the first three Georgian Poetry anthologies were impressive, ranging between 15,000 and 19,000 copies apiece. Marsh and the critic J. C. Squire were the group's most important patrons. In 1931, he won a literary contest with a new stanza for “Paradise Lost,” which repairs the omission of how “Adam and Eve Brush Their Teeth.” “His Ambrosia and Small Beer” appeared in 1964, recording a correspondence with Christopher Hassall. Marsh was also a consistent collector and supporter of the works of the avant-garde artists Mark Gertler, Duncan Grant, David Bomberg and Paul Nash, all of whom were also associated with the Bloomsbury Group. In addition to his work editing Churchill's writing while the latter was in or out of government, Marsh introduced Siegfried Sassoon to Churchill as a means of aiding the former's career. He was also a close friend of Ivor Novello. In 1939, he produced “A Number of People,” a memoir of his life and times containing his memories of those writers and politicians with whom he had associated.
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Born: November 18, 1872, London, United Kingdom
Died: January 13, 1953, London, United Kingdom
Parents: Frederick Howard Marsh
Books: Rupert Brooke, Letters to an Editor: Georgian Poetry, 1912-1922: An Exhibition from the Berg Collection
Education: Trinity College, Cambridge
Westminster School
Grandparent: Maria Haward
People also search for: Rupert Brooke, Frederick Howard Marsh, Keith Hale, John Dozier Gordan
Lived: 5 Gray's Inn Square, London WC1R 5AH, UK (51.51967, -0.11313)
The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, commonly known as Gray's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for barristers and judges) in London. To be Called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, an individual must belong to one of these Inns. Located at the intersection of High Holborn and Gray's Inn Road in Central London, the Inn is both a professional body and a provider of office accommodation (chambers) for many barristers.
Address: 5 Gray's Inn Square, London WC1R 5AH, UK (51.51967, -0.11313)
Type: Historic Street (open to public)
Place
In the years leading to the outbreak of WWI and then spanning the next 23 post-war years, an apartment at No 5 Raymond Buildings, Gray’s lnn – remarkable for its fine paintings – lay at the centre of a network of emerging poets and other artists. This was the home, until bombed in 1941, of the polymath and senior Civil Servant, Edward (Eddie) Marsh (knighted in 1937), who in 1905 became Private Secretary to Winston Churchill when the latter was made Under-Secretary for the Colonies. The importance of Marsh as the patron of artists, however, ranks even higher than his distinguished career as a public servant. His patronage was of the utmost value because he had access to many friends in the fields of politics, art and literature, regularly spending weekends amongst them at grand country house parties. Above all, he had money – always useful to young impoverished artists. The ever sociable Eddie was also an entertaining host, usually over breakfast at No 5, cooked by his loyal housekeeper Mrs Elgy, ‘an apple-faced woman from Derbyshire’. Breakfast guests might include Rupert Brooke, Stanley Spencer, Siegfried Sassoon, Edward Thomas, Paul Nash and W.H. Davies. To this list ought to be added the name of Lady Eileen Wellesley, daughter of the Duke of Wellington and Rupert Brooke’s lover, whose hair pins were found in Brooke’s bed at No 5 by a shocked Mrs Elgy. In May 1914, Sassoon at last broke free from his family home in Kent and moved to live at No 1 Raymond Buildings, WC1R which if nothing else was close to Marsh. Sassoon engaged a housekeeper, Mrs Fretter, who appeared “economic” or so he told Marsh. At this time Raymond Buildings was regarded as at the “noisy end of Gray’s Inn,” being too close to the interminable traffic on the Theobalds Road. Sassoon was not so much disturbed by that as by his inability to make ends meet despite the estimable Mrs Fretter. He was never very domesticated and, aged 27, had lived a very sheltered life at home, writing poetry, playing cricket and golf, and going fox-hunting. He had overspent furnishing No 1, and rather than concentrating on writing and improving his prospects, he purchased a rolled up umbrella and bowler hat, and from the top deck of a bus became a tourist and generally a man-about-town. It proved disastrous, and soon he was back living with his mother, but not before he met Rupert Brooke. This was over bacon and kidneys at a breakfast meeting at No 5, which from 1909 was Brooke’s unofficial London home, encouraged by the ever indulgent Marsh. (Mrs Elgy, however, disliked Brooke’s preference forr eating meals on a tray whilst sprawled on the sitting-room floor propped up by cushions.) From 1592 to 1594 also Anthony Bacon stayed with his brother Francis in Francis’ chambers at Gray’s Inn. Together, they established a scrivenery employing scriveners who acted as secretaries, writers, translators, copyists and cryptographers, dealing with correspondence, translations, copying, ciphers, essays, books, plays, entertainments and masques.
Life
Who: Sir Edward Howard Marsh KCVO CB CMG (November 18, 1872 – January 13, 1953)
Edward Marsh was a British polymath, translator, arts patron and civil servant. He was the sponsor of the Georgian school of poets and a friend to many poets, including Rupert Brooke and Siegfried Sassoon. In his career as a civil servant he worked as Private Secretary to a succession of Great Britain's most powerful ministers, particularly Winston Churchill. He was a discreet but influential figure within Britain's homosexual community. Marsh's father was (Frederick) Howard Marsh, a surgeon and later Master of Downing College, Cambridge. His mother, born Jane Perceval, was a granddaughter of prime minister Spencer Perceval. Jane, a nurse, was one of the founders of the Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease; Howard was a surgeon at the hospital. A classical scholar and translator, Marsh edited five anthologies of Georgian Poetry between 1912 and 1922, and he became Rupert Brooke's literary executor, editing his “Collected Poems” in 1918. Later in life he published verse translations of “La Fontaine” and “Horace,” and a translation of Fromentin's novel, “Dominique.” The sales of the first three Georgian Poetry anthologies were impressive, ranging between 15,000 and 19,000 copies apiece. Marsh and the critic J. C. Squire were the group's most important patrons. In 1931, he won a literary contest with a new stanza for “Paradise Lost,” which repairs the omission of how “Adam and Eve Brush Their Teeth.” “His Ambrosia and Small Beer” appeared in 1964, recording a correspondence with Christopher Hassall. Marsh was also a consistent collector and supporter of the works of the avant-garde artists Mark Gertler, Duncan Grant, David Bomberg and Paul Nash, all of whom were also associated with the Bloomsbury Group. In addition to his work editing Churchill's writing while the latter was in or out of government, Marsh introduced Siegfried Sassoon to Churchill as a means of aiding the former's career. He was also a close friend of Ivor Novello. In 1939, he produced “A Number of People,” a memoir of his life and times containing his memories of those writers and politicians with whom he had associated.
by Elisa Rolle
Queer Places, Vol. 2 edited by Elisa Rolle
ISBN-13: 978-1532906312
ISBN-10: 1532906315
Release Date: July 24, 2016
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Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931 - May 25, 2007)
Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher, known for his comedic roles on stage and in films, children's television and cartoons, and as a game show panelist.
Born: January 13, 1931, South Bronx, New York, United States
Died: May 25, 2007, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Height: 1.8 m
Awards: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Grammy Hall of Fame
Parents: Charles Joseph Reilly, Signe Elvera Nelson
Studied: University of Hartford Hartt School
Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in stages, films, children's television, cartoons, and game show panelist. Reilly did not publicly affirm his homosexuality until his one-man show, Save It for the Stage. However, much like fellow game show regular Paul Lynde of the same era, Reilly played up a campy on-screen persona. He mentioned in a 2002 interview with Entertainment Tonight that he felt no need to note this and that he never purposely hid being gay from anyone. Patrick Hughes III, a set decorator and dresser, was Reilly's domestic partner; the two met backstage in 1980 while Reilly appeared on the game show Battlestars. They soon moved together into Reilly's Beverly Hills home, where the two lived a quietly open life. Reilly primarily spent his later life touring the country directing theater and opera, and offering audiences a glimpse into his background and personal life with a critically acclaimed one-man play chronicling his life called Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly. In 2004, his final performance of the play was filmed as the basis for an autobiographical independent film titled The Life of Reilly.
Together from 1980 to 2007: 27 years.
Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931 - May 25, 2007)
Days of Love edited by Elisa Rolle
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Born: January 13, 1931, South Bronx, New York, United States
Died: May 25, 2007, Beverly Hills, California, United States
Height: 1.8 m
Awards: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical, Grammy Hall of Fame
Parents: Charles Joseph Reilly, Signe Elvera Nelson
Studied: University of Hartford Hartt School
Charles Nelson Reilly was an American actor, comedian, director, and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in stages, films, children's television, cartoons, and game show panelist. Reilly did not publicly affirm his homosexuality until his one-man show, Save It for the Stage. However, much like fellow game show regular Paul Lynde of the same era, Reilly played up a campy on-screen persona. He mentioned in a 2002 interview with Entertainment Tonight that he felt no need to note this and that he never purposely hid being gay from anyone. Patrick Hughes III, a set decorator and dresser, was Reilly's domestic partner; the two met backstage in 1980 while Reilly appeared on the game show Battlestars. They soon moved together into Reilly's Beverly Hills home, where the two lived a quietly open life. Reilly primarily spent his later life touring the country directing theater and opera, and offering audiences a glimpse into his background and personal life with a critically acclaimed one-man play chronicling his life called Save It for the Stage: The Life of Reilly. In 2004, his final performance of the play was filmed as the basis for an autobiographical independent film titled The Life of Reilly.
Together from 1980 to 2007: 27 years.
Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931 - May 25, 2007)
Days of Love edited by Elisa Rolle
ISBN-13: 978-1500563325
ISBN-10: 1500563323
Release Date: September 21, 2014
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Brenda J. Grissom (January 13, 1951 - March 8, 2011)
Buried: Green Mount Catholic Cemetery, Belleville, St. Clair County, Illinois, USA
Buried alongside: Dixie Lee Ruliffson
Brenda J. Grissom (1951-2011) was the owner of The Polish Shop in Belleville. She previously co-owned the Char-Pei Lounge in Belleville and Char-Pei's City Center in E. St. Louis. Brenda was an active member of the St. Louis area LGBT community and a member of Metropolitan Community Church in St. Louis, and T.O.P.S. She was a greeter at Belleville Wal-Mart. She was preceded in death by her life companion, Dixie Lee Ruliffson (1943-2007). They are buried together at Green Mount Catholic Cemetery (Belleville, IL 62221).
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Buried alongside: Dixie Lee Ruliffson
Brenda J. Grissom (1951-2011) was the owner of The Polish Shop in Belleville. She previously co-owned the Char-Pei Lounge in Belleville and Char-Pei's City Center in E. St. Louis. Brenda was an active member of the St. Louis area LGBT community and a member of Metropolitan Community Church in St. Louis, and T.O.P.S. She was a greeter at Belleville Wal-Mart. She was preceded in death by her life companion, Dixie Lee Ruliffson (1943-2007). They are buried together at Green Mount Catholic Cemetery (Belleville, IL 62221).
Queer Places, Vol. 1 edited by Elisa Rolle
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ISBN-10: 1532901909
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Benjamin Walker (1753 – January 13, 1818)
Captain Benjamin Walker was a soldier in the American Revolutionary War and later served as a U.S. Representative from New York. He was born in London, England, where he attended the Blue-Coat School.
Born: 1753, London, United Kingdom
Died: January 13, 1818, Utica, New York, United States
Party: Federalist Party
Previous office: Representative, NY 9th District (1801–1803)
Succeeded by: Killian K. Van Rensselaer
Member of congress start date: March 4, 1801
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA, GPS (lat/lon): 43.07806, -75.25233
On December 23, 1783, the State of New Jersey presented Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben with the use of an estate in Bergen County now known as Steuben House, which had been confiscated from Loyalist Jan Zabriskie in 1781.
Address: 1209 Main St, River Edge, NJ 07661, USA (40.91367, -74.03073)
Type: Museum (open to public)
Phone: +1 201-343-9492
National Register of Historic Places: 83001457, 1983
Place
On September 5, 1788, the New Jersey Legislature gave Baron von Steuben full title to the former Zabriskie estate. Located in the formerly strategic New Bridge Landing, the estate included a gristmill and about 40 acres of land. Legislators initially conditioned the grant, requiring Steuben to "hold, occupy and enjoy the said estate in person, and not by tenant.” Gen. Philemon Dickinson of the New Jersey Militia informed the baron of this gift and responded to his inquiries that "there are on the premises an exceeding good House, an excellent barn, together with many useful outbuildings, all of which I am told, want some repairs... there is... a Grist-mill; a good Orchard, some meadow Ground, & plenty of Wood. The distance from N York by land 15 miles, but you may keep a boat & go from your own door to New York by water—Oysters, Fish & wild fowl in abundance—Possession will be given to you in the Spring, when you will take a view of the premises." Von Steuben spent considerable sums to repair wartime damages to the house and restore its commercial operations under former aide Walker. Recognizing his financial embarrassment, Steuben wrote another former aide-de-camp and companion, William North: "The Jersey Estate must and is to be sold. Walker is my administrator, all debts are to be paid out of it." On November 6, 1788, Steuben again wrote North (at his new home in Duanesburg), noting "My Jersey Estate is Advertised but not yet Sold, from this Walker Shall immediately pay to you the money, you so generously lend me and all my debts in New-York will be payed. I support my present poverty with more heroism than I Expected. All Clubs and parties are renounced, I seldom leave the House." Steuben eventually sold the New Jersey property to a son of the previous owner, and it remained in the Zabriskie family until 1909, so today it is the only remaining XVIII century building that von Steuben owned. Von Steuben moved upstate and settled in Oneida County on a small estate in the vicinity of Rome, on land granted to him for his military service and where he had spent summers. He was later appointed a regent for what evolved into the University of the State of New York. Von Steuben died on November 28, 1794, and was buried at what became the Steuben Memorial State Historic Site (Starr Hill Rd, Remsen, NY 13438). The Steuben Memorial State Historic Site is a historic location and state park in the eastern part of Steuben, Oneida County, New York, that honors Baron von Steuben, the "Drillmaster of the American Revolution." He is buried at the memorial, a "Sacred Grove." The site includes the memorial tomb and reconstructed log cabin (1937) and several smaller elements including a memorial plaque bearing stone, a series of historic markers, and a landscaping structure. The Steuben House Commission was created in 1926 to purchase Baron Steuben’s home at New Bridge. The State took possession of the historic mansion and 1-acre (4,000 m2) of ground for $9,000 on June 27, 1928. It was renovated and opened as the museum headquarters of the Bergen County Historical Society in September, 1939. The Bergen County Historical Society continued stewardship of the site by purchase of land between the Steuben House and the encroaching autoparts yard in 1944. In 1954, the Society was able to persuade the County of Bergen to divert the planned 4-lane highway to the north of the site instead of alongside the historic site. The highway bridge opened in 1956 and the one-lane 1889 swing bridge was closed to vehicles. It remains open for pedestrians. The house is now the cornerstone of this historic district, spanning both sides of the river. Three additional buildings were moved onto the adjacent property of the Bergen County Historical Society, a private non-profit volunteer organization. The Demarest House was moved here from New Milford in 1956 and is maintained by the Blauvelt Demarest Foundation. The Westervelt-Thomas Barn was relocated from Washington Township in 1958. The County of Bergen moved the Campbell-Christie House here to lands of the Bergen County Historical Society in 1977. The Society erected a working replica of a Bergen Dutch Out-Kitchen in 1991 and an outhouse in 2009. The Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission was established by law in 1995 to coordinate and implement all private and governmental plans and activities at Historic New Bridge Landing Park, which was named one of three new urban state parks in 2004.
Life
Who: Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben legally adopted two handsome soldiers, William North (1755-1836, who later became a US senator) and Benjamin Walker (1753-1818.) A third young man, John W. Mulligan Jr. (1774-1862), also considered himself one of Steuben’s “sons.” His birth father, John “Hercules” Mulligan, had been Alexander Hamilton’s roommate many years before. Historian William Benemann believes that North was romantically involved with Steuben and another male companion, Captain Benjamin Walker. However, based on the limited historical record, Benemann said his research is not entirely conclusive, writing that "it is impossible to prove the nature of the relationships." (William Benemann, “Male-Male Intimacy in Early America: Beyond Romantic Friendships,” Haworth Press, 2006) Prior to moving in with Steuben, young Mulligan had been living with Charles Adams (1770-1800), son of then-Vice President John Adams. The future president and his wife, concerned about the intense nature of the relationship, insisted that Adams and Mulligan split up. The anguished boys wrote to Steuben of their devastation at being separated. With compassion for the heartbroken couple, Steuben offered to take both young men into his home, writing to Mulligan on January 11, 1793.
“Philadelphia, January 11, 1793
Your letter of the 7th was handed me yesterday by Mr. Hamilton. In vain, my dear child, should I undertake to explain to you the sensation which the letter created in my heart. Neither have I the courage to attempt to arrest the tears you have so great reason to shed. For a heart so feeling as yours this was the severest of trials, and nothing but time can bring consolation under circumstances so afflicting. Strength of mind in enfeebled by griefs of this nature; but, my friend, one ought not to suffer it to be entirely extinguished, for it is the duty of a sensible man to cherish the heavenly fire with which we are endowed by Providence. Despite moral philosophy I weep with you, and glory in the human weakness of mingling my tears with those of a friend I so tenderly love. My dear Charles ought, ere this, to have received my answer to the touching letter he wrote. I repeat my entreaties, to hasten your journey to Philadelphia as soon as your strength permits. My heart and my arms are open to receive you. In the midst of the attention and fetes which they have the goodness to give me, I enjoy not a moment’s tranquility until I hold you in my arms. Grant me this favor without delay, but divide your journey, that you may not be fatigued at the expense of your health.”
A principle source for Friedrich Kapp’s 1859 biography of Steuben was John W. Mulligan, Jr. Mulligan became acquainted with Steuben when the latter lived in New York at Walker’s; afterwards Mulligan moved with Charles Adams in von Steuben’s house, and continued to act as his secretary until his death. Kapp described Steuben’s meeting Mulligan in the biography, writing: “In 1791 Steuben made the acquaintance of John W. Mulligan, a young and promising man, whose father had been an active Whig in New York during the revolution. Mr. Mulligan, after having finished his studies in Columbia College, became Steuben’s secretary, and served him with a fidelity and love which won him the friendship and confidence of his protector. Steuben concentrated all the tenderness of his heart on his friend, as he had no family relations, and there are few examples to be found in which the feeling of kindness and good fellowship was so sincerely reciprocated as between Steuben and his friend.” Mulligan was with Steuben when he died in late November, 1794. The younger man read to his idol and they retired to bed. Mulligan slept in Steuben’s old bedroom in the older house and Steuben slept in the room in a new cottage not yet connected to the old. There were also two servants to serve the gentlemen. When a servant told Mulligan that Steuben was ill, Mulligan tried to give aid and comfort and sent for Walker and North. The latter came before Steuben died. Mulligan still cried out, in a letter, for the consolation of Walker. “O, Colonel Walker, our friend, my all; I can write no more. Come if you can, I am lonely. Oh, good God, what solitude is in my bosom. Oh, if you were here to mingle your tears with mine, there would be some consolation for the distressed.” Steuben did not marry and had no children. He did not much care for his European relatives. Thus, he left his estate to his companions and aides-de-camp, Captains Benjamin Walker and William North, with whom he had had an "extraordinarily intense emotional relationship ... treating them as surrogate sons.” John Mulligan inherited Von Steuben’s vast library, collection of maps and $2,500 in cash (a handsome sum in those days.) John Mulligan is buried at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York, Section S4, Southside.
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At Forest Hill Cemetery (2201 Oneida St, Utica, NY 13501) is buried Benjamin Walker (1753 – January 13, 1818), aide-de-camp to General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (during this appointment he was reputed to have been the male companion of the Baron) and subsequently as a member of the staff of General George Washington. Historian William Benemann wrote "Steuben was also attracted to his 'angel' Benjamin Walker, but while Walker held the Baron in high esteem, he does not appear to have been sexually interested."
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Born: 1753, London, United Kingdom
Died: January 13, 1818, Utica, New York, United States
Party: Federalist Party
Previous office: Representative, NY 9th District (1801–1803)
Succeeded by: Killian K. Van Rensselaer
Member of congress start date: March 4, 1801
Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Utica, Oneida County, New York, USA, GPS (lat/lon): 43.07806, -75.25233
On December 23, 1783, the State of New Jersey presented Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben with the use of an estate in Bergen County now known as Steuben House, which had been confiscated from Loyalist Jan Zabriskie in 1781.
Address: 1209 Main St, River Edge, NJ 07661, USA (40.91367, -74.03073)
Type: Museum (open to public)
Phone: +1 201-343-9492
National Register of Historic Places: 83001457, 1983
Place
On September 5, 1788, the New Jersey Legislature gave Baron von Steuben full title to the former Zabriskie estate. Located in the formerly strategic New Bridge Landing, the estate included a gristmill and about 40 acres of land. Legislators initially conditioned the grant, requiring Steuben to "hold, occupy and enjoy the said estate in person, and not by tenant.” Gen. Philemon Dickinson of the New Jersey Militia informed the baron of this gift and responded to his inquiries that "there are on the premises an exceeding good House, an excellent barn, together with many useful outbuildings, all of which I am told, want some repairs... there is... a Grist-mill; a good Orchard, some meadow Ground, & plenty of Wood. The distance from N York by land 15 miles, but you may keep a boat & go from your own door to New York by water—Oysters, Fish & wild fowl in abundance—Possession will be given to you in the Spring, when you will take a view of the premises." Von Steuben spent considerable sums to repair wartime damages to the house and restore its commercial operations under former aide Walker. Recognizing his financial embarrassment, Steuben wrote another former aide-de-camp and companion, William North: "The Jersey Estate must and is to be sold. Walker is my administrator, all debts are to be paid out of it." On November 6, 1788, Steuben again wrote North (at his new home in Duanesburg), noting "My Jersey Estate is Advertised but not yet Sold, from this Walker Shall immediately pay to you the money, you so generously lend me and all my debts in New-York will be payed. I support my present poverty with more heroism than I Expected. All Clubs and parties are renounced, I seldom leave the House." Steuben eventually sold the New Jersey property to a son of the previous owner, and it remained in the Zabriskie family until 1909, so today it is the only remaining XVIII century building that von Steuben owned. Von Steuben moved upstate and settled in Oneida County on a small estate in the vicinity of Rome, on land granted to him for his military service and where he had spent summers. He was later appointed a regent for what evolved into the University of the State of New York. Von Steuben died on November 28, 1794, and was buried at what became the Steuben Memorial State Historic Site (Starr Hill Rd, Remsen, NY 13438). The Steuben Memorial State Historic Site is a historic location and state park in the eastern part of Steuben, Oneida County, New York, that honors Baron von Steuben, the "Drillmaster of the American Revolution." He is buried at the memorial, a "Sacred Grove." The site includes the memorial tomb and reconstructed log cabin (1937) and several smaller elements including a memorial plaque bearing stone, a series of historic markers, and a landscaping structure. The Steuben House Commission was created in 1926 to purchase Baron Steuben’s home at New Bridge. The State took possession of the historic mansion and 1-acre (4,000 m2) of ground for $9,000 on June 27, 1928. It was renovated and opened as the museum headquarters of the Bergen County Historical Society in September, 1939. The Bergen County Historical Society continued stewardship of the site by purchase of land between the Steuben House and the encroaching autoparts yard in 1944. In 1954, the Society was able to persuade the County of Bergen to divert the planned 4-lane highway to the north of the site instead of alongside the historic site. The highway bridge opened in 1956 and the one-lane 1889 swing bridge was closed to vehicles. It remains open for pedestrians. The house is now the cornerstone of this historic district, spanning both sides of the river. Three additional buildings were moved onto the adjacent property of the Bergen County Historical Society, a private non-profit volunteer organization. The Demarest House was moved here from New Milford in 1956 and is maintained by the Blauvelt Demarest Foundation. The Westervelt-Thomas Barn was relocated from Washington Township in 1958. The County of Bergen moved the Campbell-Christie House here to lands of the Bergen County Historical Society in 1977. The Society erected a working replica of a Bergen Dutch Out-Kitchen in 1991 and an outhouse in 2009. The Historic New Bridge Landing Park Commission was established by law in 1995 to coordinate and implement all private and governmental plans and activities at Historic New Bridge Landing Park, which was named one of three new urban state parks in 2004.
Life
Who: Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Steuben (born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794)
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben legally adopted two handsome soldiers, William North (1755-1836, who later became a US senator) and Benjamin Walker (1753-1818.) A third young man, John W. Mulligan Jr. (1774-1862), also considered himself one of Steuben’s “sons.” His birth father, John “Hercules” Mulligan, had been Alexander Hamilton’s roommate many years before. Historian William Benemann believes that North was romantically involved with Steuben and another male companion, Captain Benjamin Walker. However, based on the limited historical record, Benemann said his research is not entirely conclusive, writing that "it is impossible to prove the nature of the relationships." (William Benemann, “Male-Male Intimacy in Early America: Beyond Romantic Friendships,” Haworth Press, 2006) Prior to moving in with Steuben, young Mulligan had been living with Charles Adams (1770-1800), son of then-Vice President John Adams. The future president and his wife, concerned about the intense nature of the relationship, insisted that Adams and Mulligan split up. The anguished boys wrote to Steuben of their devastation at being separated. With compassion for the heartbroken couple, Steuben offered to take both young men into his home, writing to Mulligan on January 11, 1793.
“Philadelphia, January 11, 1793
Your letter of the 7th was handed me yesterday by Mr. Hamilton. In vain, my dear child, should I undertake to explain to you the sensation which the letter created in my heart. Neither have I the courage to attempt to arrest the tears you have so great reason to shed. For a heart so feeling as yours this was the severest of trials, and nothing but time can bring consolation under circumstances so afflicting. Strength of mind in enfeebled by griefs of this nature; but, my friend, one ought not to suffer it to be entirely extinguished, for it is the duty of a sensible man to cherish the heavenly fire with which we are endowed by Providence. Despite moral philosophy I weep with you, and glory in the human weakness of mingling my tears with those of a friend I so tenderly love. My dear Charles ought, ere this, to have received my answer to the touching letter he wrote. I repeat my entreaties, to hasten your journey to Philadelphia as soon as your strength permits. My heart and my arms are open to receive you. In the midst of the attention and fetes which they have the goodness to give me, I enjoy not a moment’s tranquility until I hold you in my arms. Grant me this favor without delay, but divide your journey, that you may not be fatigued at the expense of your health.”
A principle source for Friedrich Kapp’s 1859 biography of Steuben was John W. Mulligan, Jr. Mulligan became acquainted with Steuben when the latter lived in New York at Walker’s; afterwards Mulligan moved with Charles Adams in von Steuben’s house, and continued to act as his secretary until his death. Kapp described Steuben’s meeting Mulligan in the biography, writing: “In 1791 Steuben made the acquaintance of John W. Mulligan, a young and promising man, whose father had been an active Whig in New York during the revolution. Mr. Mulligan, after having finished his studies in Columbia College, became Steuben’s secretary, and served him with a fidelity and love which won him the friendship and confidence of his protector. Steuben concentrated all the tenderness of his heart on his friend, as he had no family relations, and there are few examples to be found in which the feeling of kindness and good fellowship was so sincerely reciprocated as between Steuben and his friend.” Mulligan was with Steuben when he died in late November, 1794. The younger man read to his idol and they retired to bed. Mulligan slept in Steuben’s old bedroom in the older house and Steuben slept in the room in a new cottage not yet connected to the old. There were also two servants to serve the gentlemen. When a servant told Mulligan that Steuben was ill, Mulligan tried to give aid and comfort and sent for Walker and North. The latter came before Steuben died. Mulligan still cried out, in a letter, for the consolation of Walker. “O, Colonel Walker, our friend, my all; I can write no more. Come if you can, I am lonely. Oh, good God, what solitude is in my bosom. Oh, if you were here to mingle your tears with mine, there would be some consolation for the distressed.” Steuben did not marry and had no children. He did not much care for his European relatives. Thus, he left his estate to his companions and aides-de-camp, Captains Benjamin Walker and William North, with whom he had had an "extraordinarily intense emotional relationship ... treating them as surrogate sons.” John Mulligan inherited Von Steuben’s vast library, collection of maps and $2,500 in cash (a handsome sum in those days.) John Mulligan is buried at Trinity Churchyard, Manhattan, New York, Section S4, Southside.
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At Forest Hill Cemetery (2201 Oneida St, Utica, NY 13501) is buried Benjamin Walker (1753 – January 13, 1818), aide-de-camp to General Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (during this appointment he was reputed to have been the male companion of the Baron) and subsequently as a member of the staff of General George Washington. Historian William Benemann wrote "Steuben was also attracted to his 'angel' Benjamin Walker, but while Walker held the Baron in high esteem, he does not appear to have been sexually interested."
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January 12, 2017
William Ellsworth Weagley, Jr (January 12, 1891 - November 25, 1975)
Buried: Antietam Church Cemetery, Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA
George Edward Kelly was an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He began his career in vaudeville as an actor and sketch writer. He became best known for his satiric comedies, including The Torch-Bearers (1922) and The Show-Off (1924). Born in Philadelphia, the second of ten children to John Henry Kelly, an Irish immigrant, he was the brother of American businessman and Olympic champion sculler John B. Kelly, Sr. and the uncle of actress Grace Kelly. Kelly maintained a 55-years relationship with his lover William Weagley up until his death. Weagley was often referred to as his valet; he was actually an employee in a nearby factory. That Kelly was gay was a closely guarded secret and went unacknowledged by his family to the point of not inviting Weagley to his funeral; he instead slipped in and sat quietly on a back seat, weeping quietly and completely ignored. He died a year later. Speaking about Kelly’s playwrights, Arthur Willis noted "Kelly appears to be anti-love, anti-romantic love, certainly, and distrustful of the tender emotions."
Together from 1919 to 1974: 55 years.
George Kelly (January 16, 1887 - June 18, 1974)
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George Kelly and William Weagley met in 1919, when George maintained a suite at NYC’s Concord Hotel (formerly at 130 E. 40th St., cross Lexington Avenue). The story goes that William was working as a bellhop at the hotel, and the two became lovers within a short time after meeting. George educated William in the rules of etiquette so that the two could appear in high society as social equals. In the 1930s George Kelly lived at 226 West 47th Street.
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At Antietam Church Cemetery (117 S Church St, Waynesboro, PA 17268) is buried William Weagley (1891-1975). George Kelly maintained a 55-year relationship with his lover William E. Weagley, who was often referred to as Kelly’s valet. The Philadelphia Kellys forced Weagley to eat in the kitchen with the servants when George and William were visiting, thus reinforcing their acknowledgment that William was regarded as nothing more than George’s employee, a valet. While it’s true that William often cooked, typed, and performed secretarial services for George, William was much more than a traveling companion and valet. The couple were loyal, devoted partners who were deeply in love. When George and William hosted dinner parties at their home in Laguna Beach, California, the two men sat at opposite ends of the table as equal co-hosts and partners.
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George Edward Kelly was an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He began his career in vaudeville as an actor and sketch writer. He became best known for his satiric comedies, including The Torch-Bearers (1922) and The Show-Off (1924). Born in Philadelphia, the second of ten children to John Henry Kelly, an Irish immigrant, he was the brother of American businessman and Olympic champion sculler John B. Kelly, Sr. and the uncle of actress Grace Kelly. Kelly maintained a 55-years relationship with his lover William Weagley up until his death. Weagley was often referred to as his valet; he was actually an employee in a nearby factory. That Kelly was gay was a closely guarded secret and went unacknowledged by his family to the point of not inviting Weagley to his funeral; he instead slipped in and sat quietly on a back seat, weeping quietly and completely ignored. He died a year later. Speaking about Kelly’s playwrights, Arthur Willis noted "Kelly appears to be anti-love, anti-romantic love, certainly, and distrustful of the tender emotions."
Together from 1919 to 1974: 55 years.
George Kelly (January 16, 1887 - June 18, 1974)
William Weagley (1891 - November 25, 1975)
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George Kelly and William Weagley met in 1919, when George maintained a suite at NYC’s Concord Hotel (formerly at 130 E. 40th St., cross Lexington Avenue). The story goes that William was working as a bellhop at the hotel, and the two became lovers within a short time after meeting. George educated William in the rules of etiquette so that the two could appear in high society as social equals. In the 1930s George Kelly lived at 226 West 47th Street.
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At Antietam Church Cemetery (117 S Church St, Waynesboro, PA 17268) is buried William Weagley (1891-1975). George Kelly maintained a 55-year relationship with his lover William E. Weagley, who was often referred to as Kelly’s valet. The Philadelphia Kellys forced Weagley to eat in the kitchen with the servants when George and William were visiting, thus reinforcing their acknowledgment that William was regarded as nothing more than George’s employee, a valet. While it’s true that William often cooked, typed, and performed secretarial services for George, William was much more than a traveling companion and valet. The couple were loyal, devoted partners who were deeply in love. When George and William hosted dinner parties at their home in Laguna Beach, California, the two men sat at opposite ends of the table as equal co-hosts and partners.
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Patsy Kelly (January 12, 1910 – September 24, 1981)
Patsy Kelly was an American stage, radio, film and television actress. She is known for her role as the brash, wisecracking sidekick to Thelma Todd in a series of short comedy films produced by Hal Roach in the 1930s.
Born: January 12, 1910, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Died: September 24, 1981, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Resting place: Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens County, New York, USA, Plot: 4th Calvary Sect. 66 Row 40 Grave 7
Parents: John Kelly, Delia Kelly
Awards: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Tallulah Bankhead was an American actress of the stage and screen, talk-show host, and bonne vivante. Bankhead was the daughter of US Congressman and Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead. According to her, “Daddy warned me about men and alcohol. But he never said a thing about women and cocaine.” She had numerous heterosexual affairs but considered herself “ambisextrous.” Rumors about Bankhead's sex life have lingered for years, and she was linked romantically with many notable female personalities of the day, including Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Eva Le Gallienne, Hattie McDaniel, and Alla Nazimova, as well as writer Mercedes de Acosta and singer Billie Holiday. Actress Patsy Kelly claimed she had a sexual relationship with Bankhead when she worked for her as a personal assistant. John Gruen's Menotti: A Biography notes an incident in which Jane Bowles chased Bankhead around Capricorn, Gian Carlo Menotti and Samuel Barber’s Mount Kisco estate, insisting that Bankhead needed to play the lesbian character Inès in Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit (which Paul Bowles had recently translated), but Bankhead locked herself in the bathroom and kept insisting "That lesbian! I wouldn't know a thing about it."
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At Calvary Cemetery (4902 Laurel Hill Blvd, Woodside, NY 11377) is buried Patsy Kelly (1910-1981), American stage, radio, film and television actress. At a time when being openly gay was not socially acceptable, Kelly was open about her sexuality. On occasion she would frankly disclose, in public and with typical candor, to being a "dyke". During the 1930s, she disclosed to Motion Picture magazine that she had been living with actress Wilma Cox for several years and had no intention of getting married. She later claimed she had an affair with Tallulah Bankhead when she worked as Bankhead's personal assistant. Also Claude McKay (1890–1948) and Robert Harron (1893-1920) are buried here.
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Born: January 12, 1910, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Died: September 24, 1981, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States
Resting place: Calvary Cemetery, Woodside, Queens County, New York, USA, Plot: 4th Calvary Sect. 66 Row 40 Grave 7
Parents: John Kelly, Delia Kelly
Awards: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Tallulah Bankhead was an American actress of the stage and screen, talk-show host, and bonne vivante. Bankhead was the daughter of US Congressman and Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead. According to her, “Daddy warned me about men and alcohol. But he never said a thing about women and cocaine.” She had numerous heterosexual affairs but considered herself “ambisextrous.” Rumors about Bankhead's sex life have lingered for years, and she was linked romantically with many notable female personalities of the day, including Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Eva Le Gallienne, Hattie McDaniel, and Alla Nazimova, as well as writer Mercedes de Acosta and singer Billie Holiday. Actress Patsy Kelly claimed she had a sexual relationship with Bankhead when she worked for her as a personal assistant. John Gruen's Menotti: A Biography notes an incident in which Jane Bowles chased Bankhead around Capricorn, Gian Carlo Menotti and Samuel Barber’s Mount Kisco estate, insisting that Bankhead needed to play the lesbian character Inès in Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit (which Paul Bowles had recently translated), but Bankhead locked herself in the bathroom and kept insisting "That lesbian! I wouldn't know a thing about it."
Patsy Kelly (January 12, 1910 – September 24, 1981)
Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968)
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At Calvary Cemetery (4902 Laurel Hill Blvd, Woodside, NY 11377) is buried Patsy Kelly (1910-1981), American stage, radio, film and television actress. At a time when being openly gay was not socially acceptable, Kelly was open about her sexuality. On occasion she would frankly disclose, in public and with typical candor, to being a "dyke". During the 1930s, she disclosed to Motion Picture magazine that she had been living with actress Wilma Cox for several years and had no intention of getting married. She later claimed she had an affair with Tallulah Bankhead when she worked as Bankhead's personal assistant. Also Claude McKay (1890–1948) and Robert Harron (1893-1920) are buried here.
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Nobuko Yoshiya (January 12, 1896 – July 11, 1973)
Nobuko Yoshiya was a Japanese novelist active in Taishō and Showa period Japan. She was one of modern Japan's most commercially successful and prolific writers, specializing in serialized romance novels ...
Born: January 12, 1896, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Died: July 11, 1973, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
People also search for: Yūzō Yamamoto, Tatsuzō Ishikawa, Toyoko Yoshikawa, Tsuruo Matsumoto
Buried: Kamakura-gu (shrine), Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, Plot: Her grave is at the temple of Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, behind the famous Kamakura Daibutsu.
Nobuko Yoshiya was a Japanese novelist active in Taishō and Showa period of Japan. She was one of modern Japan's most commercially successful and prolific writers, specializing in serialized romance novels and adolescent girls’ fiction, as well as a pioneer in Japanese lesbian literature, including the Class S genre. Several of her stories have been made into films. On January 1923, Yoshiya met Monma Chiyo, a mathematics teacher at girls' school in Tokyo. They would go on to have a same-sex relationship for over 50 years. Unlike many Japanese public persona, she was not reticent about revealing details of her personal life through photographs, personal essays and magazine interviews. In 1957, Yoshiya adopted Monma as her daughter, the only legal way for lesbians to share property and make medical decisions for each other. They both traveled together to Manchuria, the Soviet Union, stayed for a year in Paris and then returned via the United States to Japan from 1927-1928. In the late 1930s, they also visited the Netherlands East Indies and French Indochina.
Together from 1923 to 1973: 50 years.
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Born: January 12, 1896, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Died: July 11, 1973, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
People also search for: Yūzō Yamamoto, Tatsuzō Ishikawa, Toyoko Yoshikawa, Tsuruo Matsumoto
Buried: Kamakura-gu (shrine), Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, Plot: Her grave is at the temple of Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, behind the famous Kamakura Daibutsu.
Nobuko Yoshiya was a Japanese novelist active in Taishō and Showa period of Japan. She was one of modern Japan's most commercially successful and prolific writers, specializing in serialized romance novels and adolescent girls’ fiction, as well as a pioneer in Japanese lesbian literature, including the Class S genre. Several of her stories have been made into films. On January 1923, Yoshiya met Monma Chiyo, a mathematics teacher at girls' school in Tokyo. They would go on to have a same-sex relationship for over 50 years. Unlike many Japanese public persona, she was not reticent about revealing details of her personal life through photographs, personal essays and magazine interviews. In 1957, Yoshiya adopted Monma as her daughter, the only legal way for lesbians to share property and make medical decisions for each other. They both traveled together to Manchuria, the Soviet Union, stayed for a year in Paris and then returned via the United States to Japan from 1927-1928. In the late 1930s, they also visited the Netherlands East Indies and French Indochina.
Together from 1923 to 1973: 50 years.
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Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965)
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an African-American playwright and writer. She was the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway.
Born: May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: January 12, 1965, New York City, New York, United States
Books: The collected last plays, more
Movies: A Raisin in the Sun
Lived: 5330 S Calumet Ave, Chicago
337 Bleecker Street
112 Waverly Place
Studied: University of Wisconsin-Madison
The New School
Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry lived at 5330 S Calumet Ave, Chicago, from 1930 to 1938. In 1938 her family attempted to move to a new house in the predominantly white Washington Park neighbourhood, but was evicted by the Illinois courts on the grounds that existing racial codes were being violated. Hansberry’s most famous play, “A Raisin in the Sun” (1959), is set on the South Side. The story describes a conflict between a mother who want to buy a house with $10.000 she has received from her dead husband’s life insurance policy and her son who wants to invest in a liquor store. In 1969 “A Raisin in the Sun” won the Drama Critics Circle Award, later becoming a film that starred Sideny Poitier.
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Lorraine Hansberry moved into an apartment in a row house at 337 Bleecker Street in 1953 with her then husband, Robert B. Nemiroff. She wrote “A Raisin in the Sun” (1959) there. Using proceeds from the play, Hansberry and Nemiroff moved to 112 Waverly Place in 1960. The two divorced amicably. Hansberry became involved with one of the tenants of 112 Waverly Place, Dorothy Secules, and they remained together until Hansberry's death in 1965. In 1955 193 Waverly Place was purchased by Dr. Rhoda Bubendey Metraux, the highly-regarded anthropologist and partner of Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 - November 15, 1978).
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In 1962 Lorraine Hansberry and Bob Nemiroff moved to a comfortable house modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture in Croton-on-Hudson, a 60-minute train ride from downtown Manhattan. Hansberry would live there until her death in 1965. She is buried at Bethel Cemetery (Croton-On-Hudson, NY 10520).
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Born: May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: January 12, 1965, New York City, New York, United States
Books: The collected last plays, more
Movies: A Raisin in the Sun
Lived: 5330 S Calumet Ave, Chicago
337 Bleecker Street
112 Waverly Place
Studied: University of Wisconsin-Madison
The New School
Buried: Bethel Cemetery, Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York, USA
Playwright Lorraine Hansberry lived at 5330 S Calumet Ave, Chicago, from 1930 to 1938. In 1938 her family attempted to move to a new house in the predominantly white Washington Park neighbourhood, but was evicted by the Illinois courts on the grounds that existing racial codes were being violated. Hansberry’s most famous play, “A Raisin in the Sun” (1959), is set on the South Side. The story describes a conflict between a mother who want to buy a house with $10.000 she has received from her dead husband’s life insurance policy and her son who wants to invest in a liquor store. In 1969 “A Raisin in the Sun” won the Drama Critics Circle Award, later becoming a film that starred Sideny Poitier.
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Lorraine Hansberry moved into an apartment in a row house at 337 Bleecker Street in 1953 with her then husband, Robert B. Nemiroff. She wrote “A Raisin in the Sun” (1959) there. Using proceeds from the play, Hansberry and Nemiroff moved to 112 Waverly Place in 1960. The two divorced amicably. Hansberry became involved with one of the tenants of 112 Waverly Place, Dorothy Secules, and they remained together until Hansberry's death in 1965. In 1955 193 Waverly Place was purchased by Dr. Rhoda Bubendey Metraux, the highly-regarded anthropologist and partner of Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 - November 15, 1978).
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In 1962 Lorraine Hansberry and Bob Nemiroff moved to a comfortable house modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture in Croton-on-Hudson, a 60-minute train ride from downtown Manhattan. Hansberry would live there until her death in 1965. She is buried at Bethel Cemetery (Croton-On-Hudson, NY 10520).
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Long John Baldry (January 12, 1941 – July 21, 2005)
John William "Long John" Baldry was an English blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s.
Died: July 21, 2005, Vancouver, Canada
Height: 2 m
Movies: Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas, Long John Baldry: Live in Concert
Lived: 18 Frinton Road, East Ham, London
Long John Baldry was an English and Canadian blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s. It Ain't Easy was one of Baldry's biggest successes. The opener, Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock 'n' Roll was inspired by his arrest for busking. In 1978 Baldry moved to New York: dressed in leather, out on the town, he met the man he would spend the rest of his life with, Felix "Oz" Rexach, a charming, chatty, flamboyant Puerto Rican immigrant who frequented Studio 54. Baldry lived in Canada from the late 1970s until his death; there he continued to make records and do voiceover work. One of his best-known roles in voice acting was as Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Baldry had said he felt more comfortable "treading the boards" as a stage actor than in other performing venues. He first appeared in a stage play called Big Rock Candy Mountain. Baldry died on July 21, 2005, in Vancouver General Hospital, of a chest infection. His partner, Felix “Oz” Rexach, survived him.
Together from 1978 to 2005: 27 years.
Long John Baldry (January 12, 1941 – July 21, 2005)
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Long John Baldry (January 12, 1941 –July 21, 2005) was an English blues singer and a voice actor. At the time of the registration of his birth his parents lived at 18 Frinton Road, East Ham, London. He obtained the nickname Long John as a baby, being remarkably long, and by his mid-teens he was six feet seven inches tall. In 1978 Baldry moved to New York: dressed in leather, out on the town, he met the man he would spend the rest of his life with, Felix "Oz" Rexach, a charming, chatty, flamboyant Puerto Rican immigrant who frequented Studio 54.
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Died: July 21, 2005, Vancouver, Canada
Height: 2 m
Movies: Nilus the Sandman: The Boy Who Dreamed Christmas, Long John Baldry: Live in Concert
Lived: 18 Frinton Road, East Ham, London
Long John Baldry was an English and Canadian blues singer and a voice actor. He sang with many British musicians, with Rod Stewart and Elton John appearing in bands led by Baldry in the 1960s. It Ain't Easy was one of Baldry's biggest successes. The opener, Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the King of Rock 'n' Roll was inspired by his arrest for busking. In 1978 Baldry moved to New York: dressed in leather, out on the town, he met the man he would spend the rest of his life with, Felix "Oz" Rexach, a charming, chatty, flamboyant Puerto Rican immigrant who frequented Studio 54. Baldry lived in Canada from the late 1970s until his death; there he continued to make records and do voiceover work. One of his best-known roles in voice acting was as Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Baldry had said he felt more comfortable "treading the boards" as a stage actor than in other performing venues. He first appeared in a stage play called Big Rock Candy Mountain. Baldry died on July 21, 2005, in Vancouver General Hospital, of a chest infection. His partner, Felix “Oz” Rexach, survived him.
Together from 1978 to 2005: 27 years.
Long John Baldry (January 12, 1941 – July 21, 2005)
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Long John Baldry (January 12, 1941 –July 21, 2005) was an English blues singer and a voice actor. At the time of the registration of his birth his parents lived at 18 Frinton Road, East Ham, London. He obtained the nickname Long John as a baby, being remarkably long, and by his mid-teens he was six feet seven inches tall. In 1978 Baldry moved to New York: dressed in leather, out on the town, he met the man he would spend the rest of his life with, Felix "Oz" Rexach, a charming, chatty, flamboyant Puerto Rican immigrant who frequented Studio 54.
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John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)
John Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury.
Born: January 12, 1856, Florence
Died: April 14, 1925, London, United Kingdom
Period: American Renaissance
Influenced by: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Diego Velázquez, more
Parents: Mary Sargent, FitzWilliam Sargent
Lived: Morgan Hall, London Rd, Fairford, Gloucestershire GL7 4AU, UK (51.70796, -1.77278
31-33 Tite St, Chelsea, London SW3 4JA, UK (51.48507, -0.15977) [English Heritage Building ID: 424570 (Grade II, 1969)
12-14 The Avenue, Fulham Rd, London, UK (51.49334, -0.16938)
Russell House, B4632, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7BU, UK (52.03685, -1.86585) [English Heritage Building ID: 400987 (Grade II, 1959)]
Farnham House, Church St, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12, UK (52.03469, -1.86374) [English Heritage Building ID: 399309 (Grade II, 1959)]
73 Rue Notre Dame des Champs, 75006 Paris, France (48.84322, 2.33189)
41 Boulevard Berthier, 75017 Paris, France (48.88744, 2.29916)
Studied: École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Buried: Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey, England, GPS (lat/lon): 51.29772, -0.62469
John Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. Sargent was extremely private regarding his personal life, although the painter Jacques-Émile Blanche said after his death that Sargent's sex life "was notorious in Paris, and in Venice, positively scandalous. He was a frenzied bugger." Some scholars have suggested that Sargent was homosexual. He had personal associations with Prince Edmond de Polignac and Count Robert de Montesquiou. His male nudes reveal complex and well-considered artistic sensibilities about the male physique and male sensuality; this can be particularly observed in his portrait of Thomas E. McKeller (an African American elevator operator he befriended), but also in Tommies Bathing, nude sketches for Hell and Judgement, and his portraits of young men. However, there were many friendships with women, as well, and a similar suppressed sensualism informs his female portrait and figure studies. Art historian Deborah Davis suggests that Sargent's interest in women he considered exotic, Rosina Ferrara, Amélie Gautreau and Judith Gautier, was prompted by infatuation that transcended aesthetic appreciation. Sargent scholars accept an affair with Louise Burkhardt, the model for Lady with the Rose.
John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)
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When John Singer Sargent was only 18 years old, he was accepted at the rigorous L’Ecole des Beaux Arts. In August 1875, Sargent moved out of the family’s home and into a fifth-floor studio apartment at 73 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs with fellow art student James Carroll Beckwith.
Addresses:
73 Rue Notre Dame des Champs, 75006 Paris, France (48.84322, 2.33189)
41 Boulevard Berthier, 75017 Paris, France (48.88744, 2.29916)
Place
The young American artists had found a promising location. The studios at 73 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs had also housed the famous French painter Jean-Paul Laurens, while 75 was the mansion-atelier of Adolphe William Bourguereau. By the 1860s, this small, winding road had already been nicknamed “the royal road of painting.” Sargent, Beckwith and their pals led a young bohemian life in the Left Bank. They worked hard but still had time for wild evenings, moving the easels aside for dancing and drinking right in the studio. Sargent was known for entertaining his guests on a rented piano. On Sunday nights, they would clean themselves up for a proper dinner party at Sargent’s family’s home with “educated and agreeable” conversation. In 1879, Sargent painted the portrait of his art teacher Carolus-Duran, and it absolutely launched his career. It was bold, theatrical, and presented a stunning likeness in both spirit and physicality. Sargent was only 23 years old and already one of the best portrait artists in France. In Diliberto’s novel, Sargent meets the future Madame X at a Montparnasse restaurant. In reality, they may have met when Gautreau attended an informal party at Sargent’s studio on rue de Notre-Dame-des-Champs in 1881. In the meantime, steady commissions enabled Sargent to buy a large, new home and studio on the Right Bank, closer to all of his wealthy patrons. In the winter of 1883-84, Sargent moved to 41 boulevard Berthier, on the shaded side of a wide street whose light made it a popular location for art studios. It wasn’t far from the new mansions near Parc Monceau, and in fact just a few blocks from Madame Gautreau who lived at 80 rue Jouffroy d’Abbans. The studio did have some history to it as it had previously been occupied by Alfred Stevens (Belgian painter in Paris, 1823–1906.) In The Greater Journey, David McCullough describes Sargent’s new Right Bank studio: “A workplace elegantly furnished with comfortably upholstered chairs, Persian rugs, and drapery befitting his new professional standing, and with an upright piano against one wall.” “Portrait of Madame X” was a disaster at the 1884 salon. “Quelle horreur!” said polite Paris society. One critic said the flesh “more resembles the flesh of a dead than a living body.” Sargent left for the summer in London while Gautreau disappeared to Brittany, far from the judgment of Paris. Sargent would keep his Paris studio on boulevard Berthier for two more years, where he proudly displayed Madame X. By March of 1886 he saw the folly of keeping his Berthier studio and gave it up to Giovannie Boldini.
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Who: John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)
Before John Singer Sargent’s birth, his father, FitzWilliam, was an eye surgeon at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia 1844–1854. After John’s older sister died at the age of two, his mother, Mary (née Singer), suffered a breakdown, and the couple decided to go abroad to recover. They remained nomadic expatriates for the rest of their lives. Although based in Paris, Sargent’s parents moved regularly with the seasons to the sea and the mountain resorts in France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. While Mary was pregnant, they stopped in Florence, Tuscany, because of a cholera epidemic. Sargent was born there in 1856. A year later, his sister Mary was born. After her birth, FitzWilliam reluctantly resigned his post in Philadelphia and accepted his wife’s entreaties to remain abroad. They lived modestly on a small inheritance and savings, living a quiet life with their children. They generally avoided society and other Americans except for friends in the art world. Four more children were born abroad, of whom only two lived past childhood. An attempt of Sargent to study at the Academy of Florence failed as the school was re-organizing at the time, so after returning to Paris from Florence, Sargent began his art studies with Carolus-Duran. The young French portrait artist, who had a meteoric rise, was noted for his bold technique and modern teaching methods, and his influence would be pivotal to Sargent during the period from 1874 to 1878. In 1874, on the first attempt, Sargent passed the rigorous exam required to gain admission to the École des Beaux-Arts, the premier art school in France. He took drawing classes, which included anatomy and perspective, and gained a silver prize. He also spent much time in self-study, drawing in museums and painting in a studio he shared with James Carroll Beckwith. He became both a valuable friend and Sargent’s primary connection with the American artists abroad. Sargent also took some lessons from Léon Bonnat. His most controversial work, “Portrait of Madame X” (Madame Pierre Gautreau) (1884) is now considered one of his best works, and was the artist’s personal favorite; he stated in 1915, "I suppose it is the best thing I have done." when unveiled in Paris at the 1884 Salon, it aroused such a negative reaction that it likely prompted Sargent’s move to London.
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John Singer Sargent first took a lease at Tite Street in June 1885 and London would remain his home the rest of his life.
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31-33 Tite St, Chelsea, London SW3 4JA, UK (51.48507, -0.15977) [English Heritage Building ID: 424570 (Grade II, 1969)
12-14 The Avenue, Fulham Rd, London, UK (51.49334, -0.16938)
Place
13 Tite Street, later changed to 33 Tite Street, SW3. John Singer Sargent would eventually expand to 31 Tite Street in 1900, combining both by cutting a hole in the wall and he would use 31 as his residence and keep 33 as his studio. John Singer Sargent entered into the lease of 14 Fulham Road, SW10 Studio towards the end of 1895, effectively moving from Morgan Hall where he and Abbey worked together. John Singer Sargent would keep this studio for the next twenty-one years, pretty much over the whole remaining span of his library decoration project. From 1895 on, according to Charteris, Sargent would be working here more than at Tite Street. It served as his hide-away of sorts as he had grown so popular he could rarely get any privacy at Tite Street.
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Who: John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)
Prior to the Madame X scandal of 1884, John Singer Sargent had painted exotic beauties such as Rosina Ferrara of Capri, and the Spanish expatriate model Carmela Bertagna, but the earlier pictures had not been intended for broad public reception. Sargent also kept the Madame X painting prominently displayed in his London studio until he sold it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1916, a few months after Gautreau’s death. Before arriving in England, Sargent began sending paintings for exhibition at the Royal Academy. These included the portraits of “Dr. Pozzi at Home” (1881), a flamboyant essay in red and his first full-length male portrait, and the more traditional “Mrs. Henry White” (1883.) The ensuing portrait commissions encouraged Sargent to complete his move to London in 1886. Notwithstanding the Madame X scandal, he had considered moving to London as early as 1882; he had been urged to do so repeatedly by his new friend, the novelist Henry James. In retrospect his transfer to London may be seen to have been inevitable. Back in London, Sargent was quickly busy again. His working methods were by then well-established, following many of the steps employed by other master portrait painters before him. After securing a commission through negotiations which he carried out, Sargent would visit the client’s home to see where the painting was to hang. He would often review a client’s wardrobe to pick suitable attire. Some portraits were done in the client’s home, but more often in his studio, which was well-stocked with furniture and background materials he chose for proper effect. He usually required eight to ten sittings from his clients, although he would try to capture the face in one sitting. He usually kept up pleasant conversation and sometimes he would take a break and play the piano for his sitter. Sargent seldom used pencil or oil sketches, and instead lay down oil paint directly. Finally, he would select an appropriate frame. Sargent had no assistants; he handled all the tasks, such as preparing his canvases, varnishing the painting, arranging for photography, shipping, and documentation. He commanded about $5,000 per portrait (about $130,000 in current dollars.) Some American clients traveled to London at their own expense to have Sargent paint their portrait.
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The Russell house would be the center of attention and animation of the Broadway colony of artists. This was actually the second home of the Broadway colony. They moved here in 1886 after having lived for a year at Farnham House, which was almost next door.
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Russell House, B4632, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7BU, UK (52.03685, -1.86585) [English Heritage Building ID: 400987 (Grade II, 1959)]
Farnham House, Church St, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12, UK (52.03469, -1.86374) [English Heritage Building ID: 399309 (Grade II, 1959)]
Place
Russell House is said to be 1791, with early XIX century additions and late XIX century alterations. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. Two storeys with attic. Main part of house of three bays, with storey band. On the ground floor are bowed sash windows of early XIX century type, with glazing bars, fluted pilasters, and cornices. On the first floor are boxed sashes with glazing bars. Attic dormers have segmental heads and sashes with glazing bars To the right is an added bay which has a blocked keyed elliptical archway on the ground floor and a sash with glazing bars above. Within the blocked archway is a door under an iron openwork porch with leaded canopy. Copings and chimneys on gables and between main house and added bay. To the right is a former barn, converted into a drawing room and studio in the late XIX century. Within the blocked elliptical archway is a timber bay window with, curved sides. To each side are four pairs of ventilation slits, with an oval opening above each. A photograph taken in the late 1870s shows the front door in the middle bay of the main part of the house, and the barn before conversion. The house was bought in 1885 by Frank Millet, an American artist who died when the Titanic sank in 1912. Farnham House and former barn is circa 1660, altered in the XIX century. Squared limestone with stone slate roof. Two storeys with attic, three bays. Two moulded drip courses. Windows rebated and chamfered with mullions, of four lights at the left and three lights at the right. The central window on the first floor is of two lights. The attic is lit by 3-light windows with hoods, set within gables which have a rusticated oval below each apex. The door, in the middle bay, has a moulded surround of the XIX century with Tudor arch and a hood with lozenge stops. This replaced a timber doorcase of the XVIII century shown in an old photograph. Coped gables with chimneys. The left-hand chimney has diagonal caps which have friezes carved with lozenges. Adjoining to the right is a former barn, now a restaurant, of one storey with attic. It has three windows with plain reveals, the two left-hand ones with keyed segmental heads. Above is a dormer. The right-hand return wall, facing north, has two timber canted bay windows with glazing bars. Between them is a doorway. The wide doorway, to the right, is now blocked and glazed. Dormer at left. The wall has triangular ventilation holes. At the right a lower part of the building has two timber canted bay windows and another dormer. Between the windows is a doorway with Tudor-arched head.
Life
Who: Francis Davis Millet (November 3, 1848 – April 15, 1912)
Russell House was quite a bit larger than Farnham House and both Edwin Austin Abbey and John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) partnered with the Millets for a seven year lease. For Francis Davis Millet, his wife, sister and kids, it became their family’s permanent residence. For Sargent and Abbey (both bachelors at the time) they deferred to Frank’s wife Lily Millet and his sister Lucia Millet as mistresses of the house. Lily became the informal hostess of the colony and to the Millets came a flock of other guests who would come and go, staying indifferent periods throughout the year either in this house or near at some other lodging. This was Sargent’s home away from home - his second family and he would make it back to Broadway as much as he could for four straight years. Though he had the Tite Street studio in London, he really preferred Broadway during this period. Still, the demands of his art had him traveling often. Millet had a studio in Rome in the early 1870s, and Venice in the mid-1870s, where he lived with Charles Warren Stoddard, a well-known American travel journalist who, evidence indicates, had an active sexual interest in men. Historian Jonathan Ned Katz presents letters from Millet to Stoddard that suggest they had a romantic and intimate affair while living a bohemian life together. A well-regarded American Academic Classicist, Millet was close friends with Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Mark Twain, both of whom were present at his 1879 marriage to Elizabeth ("Lily") Greely Merrill in Paris, France; Twain was his best man. He was also well acquainted with the impressionist artist John Singer Sargent, who often used Millet’s daughter Kate as a model, as well as the esteemed Huxley family. The couple would have three children: Kate, Laurence, and John. Since about 1910, Millet had moved with Archibald Butt, a Captain in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps, in his home in Washington, D.C. They died together during the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
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Morgan Hall is a large detached house set back from road. Late XVI century (recorded as Bakers in 1590), refaced in XVIII century and enlarged to east.
Address: London Rd, Fairford, Gloucestershire GL7 4AU, UK (51.70796, -1.77278)
Type: Private Property
English Heritage Building ID: 129728 (Grade II, 1952)
Place
Rubble stone, faced in roughcast to north west, and in render on late XVIII century wing, with raised alternating quoins, hipped stone slate roof both ranges, large ashlar stacks. Long E-shape range of 2 storeys and attic, with single XVIII century wing on north east end of 2 storeys. West front has 2-light XVIII century casements in moulded stone architraves, to both floors along whole of west side, occasionally with timber lintel and no architrave. Stone doorcase in northernmost arm of E with pilasters, plain frieze, and moulded cornice, and recessed 6-panel door, 4 fielded, lower 2 flush, in 2 leaves, with sundial over. Southernmost arm appears to have been altered or is possibly later. East side of original range has similar casement fenestration, 4 windows, some 3-light, and 3 hipped dormers. XVIII century range on plinth has 4 large 12-pane sashes in moulded architraves matching earlier ones, 3 on ground floor with door in bay 2 from left formed by adding solid piece of wood to lower sash. Internal shutters remain and some panelling in this wing, panelling also intact in ground floor room in north west corner of original range. Interior otherwise inaccessible. Reputed to have been a Cromwellian stronghold during the Civil War.
Life
Who: John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)
In the XIX century, Broadway became home to artists and writers, including Elgar, John Singer Sargent, J.M. Barrie, Vaughan Williams, William Morris, Mary Anderson and American artist and writer, Francis Davis Millet. Edwin Austin Abbey was an American muralist, illustrator, and painter. He worked with John Singer Sargent on the Boston Public Library. The move from Broadway to Morgan Hall for use as a studio (which was only 40 miles south of Broadway) was from the pressuring of Abbey’s newlywed wife ("Mary") Gertrude Mead. They (Abbey and Mary) had met at Broadway when they were staying with the Millet’s at Russel House in 1888, and again in 1889. The following year Edwin and Mary were married in America and when they returned to England, Mary bristled under the notion that they would once again stay with the Millet’s, it wasn’t a serious enough atmosphere. Mary’s idea was to find other accommodations, and Sargent went along since the two artists were working on the same project. Edwin was well liked by all those at Broadway, the Millet’s having been very close to Abbey long time before he ever met Mary. The new Mrs. Abbey, on the other hand, a dominating, ambitious, and frosty personality felt Broadway wasn’t a focused enough environment for two artists taking on such a serious undertaking as the murals at the Boston Public Library. This may have been a fair critique of the little Broadway colony during the summers and the gregarious Millet’s in general, but everyone seemed to understand, without it ever having been said, that Mary couldn’t countenance playing second fiddle to the mistress of the house. Although Broadway and the Millets carried on without Abbey and Sargent, the little wedge forced between them by Edwin’s wife seemed to shatter the fragile Broadway colony’s atmosphere. Life was taking a new turn for most. Those with children found their families growing up, it was time to get serious, and it never again quite equaled (as often happens in life) those years between 1885 and 1889. Though the Millets could understand, they never quite forgave Mary for taking their Edwin away. In 1890 when the Abbeys returned to England as newlyweds, they found a place in Gloucestershire which became their permanent residence. Sargent was still away in the Middle East doing research for his part of the murals and by the time he joined them, two art students from Paris, James Finn and Wilfrid de Glehn were there to assist.
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John Singer Sargent, who died on April 14, 1925, is interred in Brookwood Cemetery (Glades House, Cemetery Pales, Brookwood, Woking GU24 0BL).
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Born: January 12, 1856, Florence
Died: April 14, 1925, London, United Kingdom
Period: American Renaissance
Influenced by: James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Diego Velázquez, more
Parents: Mary Sargent, FitzWilliam Sargent
Lived: Morgan Hall, London Rd, Fairford, Gloucestershire GL7 4AU, UK (51.70796, -1.77278
31-33 Tite St, Chelsea, London SW3 4JA, UK (51.48507, -0.15977) [English Heritage Building ID: 424570 (Grade II, 1969)
12-14 The Avenue, Fulham Rd, London, UK (51.49334, -0.16938)
Russell House, B4632, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7BU, UK (52.03685, -1.86585) [English Heritage Building ID: 400987 (Grade II, 1959)]
Farnham House, Church St, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12, UK (52.03469, -1.86374) [English Heritage Building ID: 399309 (Grade II, 1959)]
73 Rue Notre Dame des Champs, 75006 Paris, France (48.84322, 2.33189)
41 Boulevard Berthier, 75017 Paris, France (48.88744, 2.29916)
Studied: École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts
Buried: Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Woking Borough, Surrey, England, GPS (lat/lon): 51.29772, -0.62469
John Singer Sargent was an American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. Sargent was extremely private regarding his personal life, although the painter Jacques-Émile Blanche said after his death that Sargent's sex life "was notorious in Paris, and in Venice, positively scandalous. He was a frenzied bugger." Some scholars have suggested that Sargent was homosexual. He had personal associations with Prince Edmond de Polignac and Count Robert de Montesquiou. His male nudes reveal complex and well-considered artistic sensibilities about the male physique and male sensuality; this can be particularly observed in his portrait of Thomas E. McKeller (an African American elevator operator he befriended), but also in Tommies Bathing, nude sketches for Hell and Judgement, and his portraits of young men. However, there were many friendships with women, as well, and a similar suppressed sensualism informs his female portrait and figure studies. Art historian Deborah Davis suggests that Sargent's interest in women he considered exotic, Rosina Ferrara, Amélie Gautreau and Judith Gautier, was prompted by infatuation that transcended aesthetic appreciation. Sargent scholars accept an affair with Louise Burkhardt, the model for Lady with the Rose.
John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)
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When John Singer Sargent was only 18 years old, he was accepted at the rigorous L’Ecole des Beaux Arts. In August 1875, Sargent moved out of the family’s home and into a fifth-floor studio apartment at 73 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs with fellow art student James Carroll Beckwith.
Addresses:
73 Rue Notre Dame des Champs, 75006 Paris, France (48.84322, 2.33189)
41 Boulevard Berthier, 75017 Paris, France (48.88744, 2.29916)
Place
The young American artists had found a promising location. The studios at 73 rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs had also housed the famous French painter Jean-Paul Laurens, while 75 was the mansion-atelier of Adolphe William Bourguereau. By the 1860s, this small, winding road had already been nicknamed “the royal road of painting.” Sargent, Beckwith and their pals led a young bohemian life in the Left Bank. They worked hard but still had time for wild evenings, moving the easels aside for dancing and drinking right in the studio. Sargent was known for entertaining his guests on a rented piano. On Sunday nights, they would clean themselves up for a proper dinner party at Sargent’s family’s home with “educated and agreeable” conversation. In 1879, Sargent painted the portrait of his art teacher Carolus-Duran, and it absolutely launched his career. It was bold, theatrical, and presented a stunning likeness in both spirit and physicality. Sargent was only 23 years old and already one of the best portrait artists in France. In Diliberto’s novel, Sargent meets the future Madame X at a Montparnasse restaurant. In reality, they may have met when Gautreau attended an informal party at Sargent’s studio on rue de Notre-Dame-des-Champs in 1881. In the meantime, steady commissions enabled Sargent to buy a large, new home and studio on the Right Bank, closer to all of his wealthy patrons. In the winter of 1883-84, Sargent moved to 41 boulevard Berthier, on the shaded side of a wide street whose light made it a popular location for art studios. It wasn’t far from the new mansions near Parc Monceau, and in fact just a few blocks from Madame Gautreau who lived at 80 rue Jouffroy d’Abbans. The studio did have some history to it as it had previously been occupied by Alfred Stevens (Belgian painter in Paris, 1823–1906.) In The Greater Journey, David McCullough describes Sargent’s new Right Bank studio: “A workplace elegantly furnished with comfortably upholstered chairs, Persian rugs, and drapery befitting his new professional standing, and with an upright piano against one wall.” “Portrait of Madame X” was a disaster at the 1884 salon. “Quelle horreur!” said polite Paris society. One critic said the flesh “more resembles the flesh of a dead than a living body.” Sargent left for the summer in London while Gautreau disappeared to Brittany, far from the judgment of Paris. Sargent would keep his Paris studio on boulevard Berthier for two more years, where he proudly displayed Madame X. By March of 1886 he saw the folly of keeping his Berthier studio and gave it up to Giovannie Boldini.
Life
Who: John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)
Before John Singer Sargent’s birth, his father, FitzWilliam, was an eye surgeon at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia 1844–1854. After John’s older sister died at the age of two, his mother, Mary (née Singer), suffered a breakdown, and the couple decided to go abroad to recover. They remained nomadic expatriates for the rest of their lives. Although based in Paris, Sargent’s parents moved regularly with the seasons to the sea and the mountain resorts in France, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. While Mary was pregnant, they stopped in Florence, Tuscany, because of a cholera epidemic. Sargent was born there in 1856. A year later, his sister Mary was born. After her birth, FitzWilliam reluctantly resigned his post in Philadelphia and accepted his wife’s entreaties to remain abroad. They lived modestly on a small inheritance and savings, living a quiet life with their children. They generally avoided society and other Americans except for friends in the art world. Four more children were born abroad, of whom only two lived past childhood. An attempt of Sargent to study at the Academy of Florence failed as the school was re-organizing at the time, so after returning to Paris from Florence, Sargent began his art studies with Carolus-Duran. The young French portrait artist, who had a meteoric rise, was noted for his bold technique and modern teaching methods, and his influence would be pivotal to Sargent during the period from 1874 to 1878. In 1874, on the first attempt, Sargent passed the rigorous exam required to gain admission to the École des Beaux-Arts, the premier art school in France. He took drawing classes, which included anatomy and perspective, and gained a silver prize. He also spent much time in self-study, drawing in museums and painting in a studio he shared with James Carroll Beckwith. He became both a valuable friend and Sargent’s primary connection with the American artists abroad. Sargent also took some lessons from Léon Bonnat. His most controversial work, “Portrait of Madame X” (Madame Pierre Gautreau) (1884) is now considered one of his best works, and was the artist’s personal favorite; he stated in 1915, "I suppose it is the best thing I have done." when unveiled in Paris at the 1884 Salon, it aroused such a negative reaction that it likely prompted Sargent’s move to London.
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John Singer Sargent first took a lease at Tite Street in June 1885 and London would remain his home the rest of his life.
Addresses:
31-33 Tite St, Chelsea, London SW3 4JA, UK (51.48507, -0.15977) [English Heritage Building ID: 424570 (Grade II, 1969)
12-14 The Avenue, Fulham Rd, London, UK (51.49334, -0.16938)
Place
13 Tite Street, later changed to 33 Tite Street, SW3. John Singer Sargent would eventually expand to 31 Tite Street in 1900, combining both by cutting a hole in the wall and he would use 31 as his residence and keep 33 as his studio. John Singer Sargent entered into the lease of 14 Fulham Road, SW10 Studio towards the end of 1895, effectively moving from Morgan Hall where he and Abbey worked together. John Singer Sargent would keep this studio for the next twenty-one years, pretty much over the whole remaining span of his library decoration project. From 1895 on, according to Charteris, Sargent would be working here more than at Tite Street. It served as his hide-away of sorts as he had grown so popular he could rarely get any privacy at Tite Street.
Life
Who: John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)
Prior to the Madame X scandal of 1884, John Singer Sargent had painted exotic beauties such as Rosina Ferrara of Capri, and the Spanish expatriate model Carmela Bertagna, but the earlier pictures had not been intended for broad public reception. Sargent also kept the Madame X painting prominently displayed in his London studio until he sold it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1916, a few months after Gautreau’s death. Before arriving in England, Sargent began sending paintings for exhibition at the Royal Academy. These included the portraits of “Dr. Pozzi at Home” (1881), a flamboyant essay in red and his first full-length male portrait, and the more traditional “Mrs. Henry White” (1883.) The ensuing portrait commissions encouraged Sargent to complete his move to London in 1886. Notwithstanding the Madame X scandal, he had considered moving to London as early as 1882; he had been urged to do so repeatedly by his new friend, the novelist Henry James. In retrospect his transfer to London may be seen to have been inevitable. Back in London, Sargent was quickly busy again. His working methods were by then well-established, following many of the steps employed by other master portrait painters before him. After securing a commission through negotiations which he carried out, Sargent would visit the client’s home to see where the painting was to hang. He would often review a client’s wardrobe to pick suitable attire. Some portraits were done in the client’s home, but more often in his studio, which was well-stocked with furniture and background materials he chose for proper effect. He usually required eight to ten sittings from his clients, although he would try to capture the face in one sitting. He usually kept up pleasant conversation and sometimes he would take a break and play the piano for his sitter. Sargent seldom used pencil or oil sketches, and instead lay down oil paint directly. Finally, he would select an appropriate frame. Sargent had no assistants; he handled all the tasks, such as preparing his canvases, varnishing the painting, arranging for photography, shipping, and documentation. He commanded about $5,000 per portrait (about $130,000 in current dollars.) Some American clients traveled to London at their own expense to have Sargent paint their portrait.
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The Russell house would be the center of attention and animation of the Broadway colony of artists. This was actually the second home of the Broadway colony. They moved here in 1886 after having lived for a year at Farnham House, which was almost next door.
Addresses:
Russell House, B4632, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7BU, UK (52.03685, -1.86585) [English Heritage Building ID: 400987 (Grade II, 1959)]
Farnham House, Church St, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12, UK (52.03469, -1.86374) [English Heritage Building ID: 399309 (Grade II, 1959)]
Place
Russell House is said to be 1791, with early XIX century additions and late XIX century alterations. Sandstone ashlar with Welsh slate roof. Two storeys with attic. Main part of house of three bays, with storey band. On the ground floor are bowed sash windows of early XIX century type, with glazing bars, fluted pilasters, and cornices. On the first floor are boxed sashes with glazing bars. Attic dormers have segmental heads and sashes with glazing bars To the right is an added bay which has a blocked keyed elliptical archway on the ground floor and a sash with glazing bars above. Within the blocked archway is a door under an iron openwork porch with leaded canopy. Copings and chimneys on gables and between main house and added bay. To the right is a former barn, converted into a drawing room and studio in the late XIX century. Within the blocked elliptical archway is a timber bay window with, curved sides. To each side are four pairs of ventilation slits, with an oval opening above each. A photograph taken in the late 1870s shows the front door in the middle bay of the main part of the house, and the barn before conversion. The house was bought in 1885 by Frank Millet, an American artist who died when the Titanic sank in 1912. Farnham House and former barn is circa 1660, altered in the XIX century. Squared limestone with stone slate roof. Two storeys with attic, three bays. Two moulded drip courses. Windows rebated and chamfered with mullions, of four lights at the left and three lights at the right. The central window on the first floor is of two lights. The attic is lit by 3-light windows with hoods, set within gables which have a rusticated oval below each apex. The door, in the middle bay, has a moulded surround of the XIX century with Tudor arch and a hood with lozenge stops. This replaced a timber doorcase of the XVIII century shown in an old photograph. Coped gables with chimneys. The left-hand chimney has diagonal caps which have friezes carved with lozenges. Adjoining to the right is a former barn, now a restaurant, of one storey with attic. It has three windows with plain reveals, the two left-hand ones with keyed segmental heads. Above is a dormer. The right-hand return wall, facing north, has two timber canted bay windows with glazing bars. Between them is a doorway. The wide doorway, to the right, is now blocked and glazed. Dormer at left. The wall has triangular ventilation holes. At the right a lower part of the building has two timber canted bay windows and another dormer. Between the windows is a doorway with Tudor-arched head.
Life
Who: Francis Davis Millet (November 3, 1848 – April 15, 1912)
Russell House was quite a bit larger than Farnham House and both Edwin Austin Abbey and John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) partnered with the Millets for a seven year lease. For Francis Davis Millet, his wife, sister and kids, it became their family’s permanent residence. For Sargent and Abbey (both bachelors at the time) they deferred to Frank’s wife Lily Millet and his sister Lucia Millet as mistresses of the house. Lily became the informal hostess of the colony and to the Millets came a flock of other guests who would come and go, staying indifferent periods throughout the year either in this house or near at some other lodging. This was Sargent’s home away from home - his second family and he would make it back to Broadway as much as he could for four straight years. Though he had the Tite Street studio in London, he really preferred Broadway during this period. Still, the demands of his art had him traveling often. Millet had a studio in Rome in the early 1870s, and Venice in the mid-1870s, where he lived with Charles Warren Stoddard, a well-known American travel journalist who, evidence indicates, had an active sexual interest in men. Historian Jonathan Ned Katz presents letters from Millet to Stoddard that suggest they had a romantic and intimate affair while living a bohemian life together. A well-regarded American Academic Classicist, Millet was close friends with Augustus Saint-Gaudens and Mark Twain, both of whom were present at his 1879 marriage to Elizabeth ("Lily") Greely Merrill in Paris, France; Twain was his best man. He was also well acquainted with the impressionist artist John Singer Sargent, who often used Millet’s daughter Kate as a model, as well as the esteemed Huxley family. The couple would have three children: Kate, Laurence, and John. Since about 1910, Millet had moved with Archibald Butt, a Captain in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps, in his home in Washington, D.C. They died together during the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
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Morgan Hall is a large detached house set back from road. Late XVI century (recorded as Bakers in 1590), refaced in XVIII century and enlarged to east.
Address: London Rd, Fairford, Gloucestershire GL7 4AU, UK (51.70796, -1.77278)
Type: Private Property
English Heritage Building ID: 129728 (Grade II, 1952)
Place
Rubble stone, faced in roughcast to north west, and in render on late XVIII century wing, with raised alternating quoins, hipped stone slate roof both ranges, large ashlar stacks. Long E-shape range of 2 storeys and attic, with single XVIII century wing on north east end of 2 storeys. West front has 2-light XVIII century casements in moulded stone architraves, to both floors along whole of west side, occasionally with timber lintel and no architrave. Stone doorcase in northernmost arm of E with pilasters, plain frieze, and moulded cornice, and recessed 6-panel door, 4 fielded, lower 2 flush, in 2 leaves, with sundial over. Southernmost arm appears to have been altered or is possibly later. East side of original range has similar casement fenestration, 4 windows, some 3-light, and 3 hipped dormers. XVIII century range on plinth has 4 large 12-pane sashes in moulded architraves matching earlier ones, 3 on ground floor with door in bay 2 from left formed by adding solid piece of wood to lower sash. Internal shutters remain and some panelling in this wing, panelling also intact in ground floor room in north west corner of original range. Interior otherwise inaccessible. Reputed to have been a Cromwellian stronghold during the Civil War.
Life
Who: John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)
In the XIX century, Broadway became home to artists and writers, including Elgar, John Singer Sargent, J.M. Barrie, Vaughan Williams, William Morris, Mary Anderson and American artist and writer, Francis Davis Millet. Edwin Austin Abbey was an American muralist, illustrator, and painter. He worked with John Singer Sargent on the Boston Public Library. The move from Broadway to Morgan Hall for use as a studio (which was only 40 miles south of Broadway) was from the pressuring of Abbey’s newlywed wife ("Mary") Gertrude Mead. They (Abbey and Mary) had met at Broadway when they were staying with the Millet’s at Russel House in 1888, and again in 1889. The following year Edwin and Mary were married in America and when they returned to England, Mary bristled under the notion that they would once again stay with the Millet’s, it wasn’t a serious enough atmosphere. Mary’s idea was to find other accommodations, and Sargent went along since the two artists were working on the same project. Edwin was well liked by all those at Broadway, the Millet’s having been very close to Abbey long time before he ever met Mary. The new Mrs. Abbey, on the other hand, a dominating, ambitious, and frosty personality felt Broadway wasn’t a focused enough environment for two artists taking on such a serious undertaking as the murals at the Boston Public Library. This may have been a fair critique of the little Broadway colony during the summers and the gregarious Millet’s in general, but everyone seemed to understand, without it ever having been said, that Mary couldn’t countenance playing second fiddle to the mistress of the house. Although Broadway and the Millets carried on without Abbey and Sargent, the little wedge forced between them by Edwin’s wife seemed to shatter the fragile Broadway colony’s atmosphere. Life was taking a new turn for most. Those with children found their families growing up, it was time to get serious, and it never again quite equaled (as often happens in life) those years between 1885 and 1889. Though the Millets could understand, they never quite forgave Mary for taking their Edwin away. In 1890 when the Abbeys returned to England as newlyweds, they found a place in Gloucestershire which became their permanent residence. Sargent was still away in the Middle East doing research for his part of the murals and by the time he joined them, two art students from Paris, James Finn and Wilfrid de Glehn were there to assist.
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John Singer Sargent, who died on April 14, 1925, is interred in Brookwood Cemetery (Glades House, Cemetery Pales, Brookwood, Woking GU24 0BL).
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