#20
Creating Drama with Edith Wharton, Henry James and Jennie Jerome
Edith Wharton's novels were full of drama of course but so were moments from her own life. Jennie Jerome, Lady Randolph Churchill, the mother of Winston…
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#19
Stealing a Smile: The Theft of the Mona Lisa, Paris 1911
The enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa has captured the attention of the public for centuries. But even today, few people actually realize that on a…
#18
Victory and Apollo: Black Artists Models Hettie Anderson and Thomas McKeller
Gazing up at the dramatic gilded statue of General William Tecumseh Sherman being led into battle by the allegorical figure of Victory in New York's Grand Army…
#17
Mary Rogers Williams: The Rediscovered Life Of A Gilded Age Impressionist
Eve Kahn, independent scholar and author, calls Mary Rogers Williams "the Mary Cassatt you never heard of". While Cassatt and Rogers lives differed and they likely never met, the rediscovered…
#16
Golden Plates and Dinners on Horseback: Tales of Dining in Gilded Age New York
Outrageous stories of Gilded Age dinners served on plates of gold, live swans swimming in a lake in the center of your table and yes, even…
#15
Castle Howard to Highclere: Treasures of the English Country House
For fans of the great period television and film dramas Downton Abbey and Brideshead Revisited among many others, one of the great pleasures is seeing the grand,…
#14
A Sprig of Witch Hazel: Edith Wharton’s Secret Affair
As writer Edith Wharton began to spend more and more time in Paris during the early years of the 1900s, she made the acquaintance of the American…
#13
The Gilded City: New York 1870-1900
To viewers of the first season of HBO’s “The Gilded Age” by Julian Fellowes, the city itself became one of the show’s most fascinating characters. In…
#12
Social Climber: The Iron Will and Determined Rise of Alva Vanderbilt
The fight for social dominance and acceptance was a battle fought by many Gilded Age wives along with their financial warrior husbands. One of the most famous was…
#11
How to Pluck a Peacock: Delmonico’s Charles Ranhofer and The Epicurean
Delmonico’s restaurant became famous for bringing elegant, luxurious dining to and sophisticated French dishes to American tables. The culinary genius behind these dramatic dishes was Delmonico’s celebrity…
#10
Invisible Magicians: Domestic Servants in Gilded Age New York
Join The Gilded Gentleman and Esther Crain, author of The Gilded Age in New York 1870-1914 for a look below stairs! In this show, we’ll take a look…
#9
The Education of a Snob: Ward Mcallister’s American Aristocracy
The famous Mrs. Astor was credited with building and shaping the Gilded Age elite. At her side and combining forces with her to create “the 400” was…