On 4th July 1837 Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" was born.
1876. Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 38]. Portrait of Julia Tahl "Mademoiselle de Lancey" [aged 25].
Julia Tahl "Mademoiselle de Lancey": In 1851 he was born at Baltimore.
1879. John Singer Sargent [aged 22]. Portrait of Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 41].
1883. Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 45]. Portrait of Maria Pia of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal [aged 35].
Maria Pia of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal: On 16th October 1847 she was born. On 6th October 1862 Luis I King Portugal and she were married. He the son of Ferdinand Saxe Coburg Gotha King Consort Portugal and Maria II Queen Portugal. On 5th July 1911 she died.
1883. Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 45]. Portrait of Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran".
1884. Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 46]. Portrait of Lucy-Lee Robbins [aged 19].
Lucy-Lee Robbins: In 1865 she was born. In 1943 she died.
1890. Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 52]. Portrait of Mrs William Astor Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn [aged 59].
Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn: On 22nd September 1830 she was born. At the time of her birth her family were living at 1 Greenwich Street. On 23rd September 1853 William Backhouse Astor Jr and she were married at Trinity Church, New York. On 30th October 1908 she died.
1891. Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 53]. Portrait of Margaret Helen Anderson Baroness Grevillee [aged 27].
Margaret Helen Anderson Baroness Grevillee: On 20th December 1863 she was born illegitimately to William McEwan. Her parents subsequently married. On 25th April 1891 Ronald Henry Fulke Greville and she were married. On 15th September 1942 she died.
1895. Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 57]. "Hebe".
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1895. Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 57]. Portrait of Consuelo Vanderbilt Duchess of Marlborough [aged 17].
On 17th February 1917 Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran" [aged 79] died.
[his daughter] Marie ann Durand was born to Charles Auguste Émile Durand "Carolus Duran".