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Henry Gurdon Marquand
John White Alexander, Henry G. Marquand, 1896, in the Princeton University Art Museum
Born(1819-04-11)April 11, 1819
New York City
DiedFebruary 26, 1902(1902-02-26) (aged 82)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
OccupationFinancier
Known forPhilanthropy to Princeton University and Metropolitan Museum of Art, Marquand Collection
Spouse
Elizabeth Allen Allen
(m. 1851; died 1895)
Children6, including Allan Marquand
Parent
  • Isaac Marquand (father)
RelativesFrederick Marquand (brother)
Virginia Marquand Monroe (niece)
Adam Hochschild (great-grandson)

Henry Gurdon Marquand (April 11, 1819 – February 26, 1902) was an American financier, philanthropist and art collector known for his extensive collection.

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The Art Collection of Henry Gurdon Marquand was a collection of antiques and paintings owned by Henry Gurdon Marquand, the second president of the Metropolitan...

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Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Howard Potter, Salem Howe Wales, and Henry Gurdon Marquand. Marquand's donated works are known as the Marquand Collection. The former Civil War officer...

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Temple Gurdon, rugby union international Francis Gurdon (1861–1929), Anglican bishop, the third Bishop of Hull in the modern era Henry Gurdon Marquand (1819–1902)...

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Woman with a Water Jug

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with a Water Pitcher was purchased by Henry Gurdon Marquand in 1887 at a Paris gallery for $800. When Marquand brought it to the United States, it was...

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George Henry Boughton

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agent and advisor to Henry Gurdon Marquand, one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and namesake of the Marquand Collection. Boughton died...

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A Reading from Homer

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1924. The painting was commissioned in 1882 by the U.S. banker Henry Gurdon Marquand (1819–1902), after he had acquired a small Alma-Tadema painting...

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Allan Marquand

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York City. He was a son of Elizabeth Love (née Allen) Marquand (1826–1895) and Henry Gurdon Marquand, a prominent philanthropist and art collector who served...

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Pequot Library

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the head of his family's firm, Frederick's brother, Henry Gurdon Marquand, served as his deputy. Henry went on to help found the Metropolitan Museum of Art...

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Adam Hochschild

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his mother, Mary Marquand Hochschild, was of English and Scottish descent and the daughter of pioneering art historian Allan Marquand, and an uncle by...

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Richard Morris Hunt

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Company. ISBN 9780393038569 – via Google Books. "Finding aid for the Henry Gurdon Marquand Papers, 1852-1903" (PDF). libmma.org. "Everett – Dunn House Historical...

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John Taylor Johnston

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forced him to retire in 1889, at which point he was succeeded by Henry Gurdon Marquand and the museum's Trustees voted him Honorary President for Life...

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Stained glass

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Eugène Stanislas Oudinot, design Richard Morris Hunt, for home of Henry Gurdon Marquand, New York City. Many 19th-century firms failed early in the 20th...

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John Singer Sargent

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Museum of Art commissioned Sargent to produce a portrait of Henry Gurdon Marquand. Marquand served as the second president of the museum, and was instrumental...

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Museum of the City of New York

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(watercolor on canvas, c.1853–1855, Museum of the City of New York). Henry Gurdon Marquand House Conservatory Window (around 1883–1884), designed by Richard...

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Princeton University Art Museum

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retirement in 1922. Marquand was previously instructor in Latin and logic at the college and was the son of Henry Gurdon Marquand, a major benefactor...

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List of presidents of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Museum of Art Archives. Retrieved 5 August 2014. Finding aid for the Henry Gurdon Marquand Papers, 1852–1903 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives. Retrieved...

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The Huguenot Society of America

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in 1956. Alphonso T. Clearwater John Jay (lawyer) Martha J. Lamb Henry Gurdon Marquand Frederic James de Peyster Jacqueline Noel Reeser, Philip A. (ed...

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Richard James Cross

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married Allan Marquand (1853–1924), the curator of the Princeton University Art Museum who was the son of financier Henry Gurdon Marquand. William Redmond...

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Princeton University Chapel

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intricate carvings. The northern transept is named for Henry Gurdon Marquand, the benefactor of the Marquand Chapel, which burned to the ground in 1920 and which...

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools

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Museum Trustees (including a $30,000 gift from Museum President Henry Gurdon Marquand) the school was financially challenged through much of its existence...

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