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David Maitland Armstrong and Helen Neilson Armstrong in 15th-century Style Fancy Dress in Rome

Sitter D. Maitland Armstrong American
Sitter Helen Neilson Armstrong American
1871
Not on view
This image was made while the couple lived in Rome, where Maitland Armstrong had been sent in 1869 as American Consul to the Papal States, Mrs. Armstrong wears a 15th century style gown and her husband a doublet jacket and hose, costumes reputedly inspired by a painting by Carpaccio. The occasion was a ball held to raise funds to relieve victims of a devasting flood of the Tiber that took place December 26, 1870. Armstrong and two artist friends, Frederic Crowninshield and Charles Caryl Coleman, both of whom lived in Rome at the time, formed the organizing committee.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: David Maitland Armstrong and Helen Neilson Armstrong in 15th-century Style Fancy Dress in Rome
  • Artist: Anonymous, Italian
  • Sitter: D. Maitland Armstrong (American, Newburgh, New York 1836–1918 New York)
  • Sitter: Helen Neilson Armstrong (American, 1845–1926)
  • Date: 1871
  • Medium: Photograph
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (13.4 x 9.5 cm)
    Mount: 6 9/16 x 4 in. (16.6 x 10.2 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Gift of Helena Bienstock, Cynthia MacKay Keegan and Frank E. Johnson, 2012
  • Object Number: 2012.400.29
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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