Grenville Lindall Winthrop was an American lawyer and art collector from New York City. A direct descendant of John Winthrop, the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, he restored historic b
Painting of Grenville Lindall Winthrop (1922)
The Fogg Art Museum, home to the Grenville L. Winthrop Collection
Moses Taylor was a 19th-century New York merchant and banker and one of the wealthiest men of that century. At his death, his estate was reported to be worth $70 million. He controlled the National Ci
Thomas Nast cartoon of the "White-washing Committee" (L–R: Astor, Taylor, Marshall O. Roberts)