Edith Wharton
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Edith Newbold Wharton was an American writer and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of upper-class New York society to portray, realistically, the lives and morals of the Gilded Age.
Wharton, c. 1895
Portrait of Wharton as a child by Edward Harrison May (1870)
Edith Wharton by Edward Harrison May (1881)
The Mount, 2006
Thomas Newbold was an American lawyer, politician, and society leader during the Gilded Age.
The Newbold's New York City residence, 15 East 79th Street.