Photo shows a group of Mowbray's friends in evening dress seated at a long table, one man (Thomas B. Clarke) standing and giving a speech. <br>Identification on verso (handwritten): "Banquet given to H. Siddons Mowbray by his friends at Sieghortner Hotel Lafayette Place N.Y. on Saturday evening, May 26, 1888; this photo shows from left to right: H. Siddon Mowbray, R. Cleveland Coxe, Thomas B. Clarke (speaking), Mr. Kingsley, Mr. Isham, Mr. J. Alden Weir, W.A. Coffin, Augustus St. Gaudens, Thomas W. Dewing, Kenyon Cox (emerging from under the table); Others present were Stanford White, S. V. Allen, Valentine Blacque, H.O. Walker, [name illegible], W.M. Chase, R.W. Van Boskerck, W. A Coffin, J.C. Beckwith, Louis Webb, [name illegible] Kingsley, Wells, Walton, Rice, and Denman."
Citation:
Artists at a banquet for Harry Siddons Mowbray, 1888 May 26. Miscellaneous photographs collection, circa 1845-1980. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Use Note:
U.S. public domain
Provenance:
Provenance unknown. Annotation on verso possibly in the hand of Robert McIntyre, nephew of William Macbeth and proprieter of the Macbeth Gallery. It is possible that this photograph was originally part of the Macbeth Gallery records.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560
