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Henry Gurdon Marquand

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

Henry Gurdon Marquand

(1819-04-11)April 11, 1819

New York City

February 26, 1902(1902-02-26) (aged 82)

New York City

American

Financier

Philanthropy to Princeton University and Metropolitan Museum of Art, Marquand Collection

Elizabeth Allen Allen
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(m. 1851; died 1895)​

6, including Allan Marquand

  • Isaac Marquand (father)

Frederick Marquand (brother)
Virginia Marquand Monroe (niece)
Adam Hochschild (great-grandson)

Early life[edit]

Marquand was born in New York City on April 11, 1819, not long after the death of his eldest brother Henry Marquand in Havana, Cuba in October 1818. He was the second youngest of the eleven children of Mehitable "Mabel" (née Perry) Marquand (1778–1855) and silversmith Isaac Marquand (1766–1838), whose family immigrated from Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. Among his other siblings were Frederick Marquand, Cornelius Paulding Marquand, Josiah Penfield Marquand, Sarah Elizabeth (née Marquand) Trask, and Julia Perry Marquand.[1]


At the age of fifteen, Henry began working for his family's prestigious jewelry business, Marquand & Co.[2] At the time, the business was headed by his older brother Frederick, a liberal benefactor of Yale College, Union Theological Seminary, and founder of Pequot Library.[3]

Linda Marquand (1852–1931), who married the Rev. Dr. Roderick Terry, son of banker John T. Terry.[11]

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(1853–1924),[12] who graduated from Princeton in 1874 and became professor of archaeology and art in 1883; he married Eleanor Cross, daughter of Richard James Cross,[13] in 1896.[14]

Allan Marquand

Frederic Alexander Marquand (1855–1885), a who married Alice Ogston, daughter of George William Ogston.[15] After his death, she married Graeme Harrison.[16]

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Henry Marquand (1857–1921), a banker who married Katherine Cowdin, a daughter of New York State Assemblyman Elliot Cowdin.[18]

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Mabel Marquand (1860–1896), who married Justice Henry Galbraith Ward,[20] in 1891.[21]

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Elizabeth Love Marquand (1862–1951), who married Harold Godwin, a son of journalist Parke Godwin; she founded the Roslyn District Nursing Association.[22]

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On May 20, 1851, Marquand was married to Elizabeth Love Allen.[9] She was a daughter of Jonathan Allen and Eunice Williams (née Larner) Allen of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[2] Together, they were the parents of six children, including:[9]


He was a member of the Century Association, the Metropolitan Club, the Grolier Club and Princeton Club.[1]


His wife Elizabeth died of pneumonia at their home in Manhattan on February 3, 1895.[23] Marquand died on February 26, 1902, in New York City at the age of 82.[24][25] His varied, and valuable art collection and rare books were sold in 1903. He was a significant financial benefactor of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Princeton University, and other institutions. His son, Allan Marquand (b. 1853), graduated from Princeton in 1874, and in 1883 became professor of archaeology and art.[26]

Kisluk-Grosheide, Danielle O. "The Marquand Mansion." Metropolitan Museum Journal 29 (1994): 151–181.

Saltzman, Cynthia. Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe's Great Pictures, 1880-World War I. New York: Viking, 2008.  0-143-11531-6.

ISBN

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries

Digital Collection of the Henry Gurdon Marquand papers

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries

Henry Gurdon Marquand Papers finding aid

A collaboration between The Frick Collection and The William Randolph Hearst Archive at LIU Post.

Gilding the Gilded Age: Interior Decoration Tastes & Trends in New York City

at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (89.15.21).

Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

portrait by John Singer Sargent. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (97.43).

Henry G. Marquand