On 18th February 1860 Anders Zorn was born.
1882. Anders Zorn [aged 21]. Self-Portrait.
1893. Anders Zorn [aged 32]. Portrait of Mrs Potter Palmer [aged 66] ie Bertha "Cissie" Honoré [aged 43].
Potter Palmer: On 20th May 1826 he was born. In 1871 he and Bertha "Cissie" Honoré were married. The difference in their ages was 23 years.
Bertha "Cissie" Honoré: On 22nd May 1849 she was born to Henry Hamilton Honoré and Eliza Jane Carr. On 5th May 1918 she died.
1894. Anders Zorn [aged 33]. "Isabella Stewart Gardner [aged 53] in Venice".
Isabella Stewart Gardner: On 14th April 1840 he was born in New York City, the daughter of wealthy linen-merchant David Stewart and Adelia Stewart née Smith. On 17th July 1924 he died.
1896. Anders Zorn [aged 35]. Self-Portrait with Model.
1897. Anders Zorn [aged 36]. Portrait of Mrs Walter Rathbone Bacon aka Virginia Purdy Barker [aged 34]. In 1917 American Art News described the painting as "the finest woman's portrait the Swedish modern master ever produced." When exhibited in 1897 at the Paris Salon it was admired by James Abbott McNeill Whistler [aged 62] and John Singer Sargent [aged 40].
Virginia Purdy Barker: On 20th February 1862 she was born to Smith Barker and Catherine Vanderbilt. On 16th February 1882 Walter Rathbone Bacon and she were married at Bordeaux [Map]. There was no issue from the marriage. On 7th April 1919 she died.
1898. Anders Zorn [aged 37]. Portrait of King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway [aged 68].
1899. Anders Zorn [aged 38]. Portrait of Henry Clay Pierce [aged 49].
Henry Clay Pierce: On 7th April 1849 he was born to Dyer Ensworth Pierce at Saint Lawrence, Jefferson County. Before 27th June 1927 Henry Clay Pierce was Founder & President of Waters-Pierce Oil Company, Pierce was considered one of the four richest men in the country. On 27th June 1927 he died.
1907. Anders Zorn [aged 46]. Self-Portrait with Hat.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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1915. Anders Zorn [aged 54]. Self-Portrait in Red.
1915. Anders Zorn [aged 54]. Self-Portrait with Fur.
On 22nd August 1920 Anders Zorn [aged 60] died.