Mary Crowninshield Endicott Chamberlain
(Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain)
1902
(Daughter to Ellen Peabody Endicott)
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Mrs William Crowninshield Endicott Jr
1903
(Daughter-in-law to Ellen Peabody Endicott)
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Ellen
Peabody Endicott (Mrs.
William
Crowninshield Endicott
John
Singer
Sargent
-- American painter
1901
National
Gallery of
Art, Washington, D.C.
Oil on
canvas
162.9
x
114.3 cm (64
1/8 x 45 in.)
Gift
of
Louise Thoron
Endicott in memory of Mr. and Mrs. William Crowninshield Endicott,
1951.20.1
Jpg: National
Gallery of Art
Ellen
Peabody (1833-1927) was the granddaughter of a shipping tycoon, Joseph Peabody, who became wealthy
during the war of 1812 and
thereafter -- soon to be the wealthiest in Salem. She married William
Crowninshield Endicott, Sr., who was an attorney with strong
political aspirations and was on the verge of serving as Secretary of
War under U.S. President Grover Cleveland's administration (1893-1897).
By the time Ellen became the matron of the family, she had had managed
to solidify herself and her family at the top of the blue bloods of
Massachusetts. The status of their family in stately portraits by the
best would help put the perfect button to her ambitious husband's
political aspirations.
She and her family split time between the family estate at Glen Magna
Farms in Danvers, Massachusetts and there home at 163 Marlborough
Street in Boston. This painting, along with a painting of her daughter,
her son (not shown) and one of her daughter-in-law (which John would do
in subsequent years) were hung together in her Marlborough Street home by 1907.
Glen
Magna Farms was
embellished by Ellen during the gilded age and it is now open
for viewing.
Mrs.
William Crowninshield Endicott (mug)
1903
See
the painting as it hangs
National
Gallery, Washington, D.C.
2003
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