High society
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High society, sometimes simply Society, is the behavior and lifestyle of people with the highest levels of wealth, power, fame and social status. It includes their related affiliations, social events
Caroline Astor and her guests, drawing, 1902
Too Early by James Tissot, 1873
Mrs. William Astor painted by Carolus-Duran in 1890, presented at the 1894 Great Portrait Exhibition
"Portrait of Lady Helen Vincent" by J.S. Sargent, 1904
Caroline Schermerhorn Astor
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Caroline Webster "Lina" Schermerhorn Astor was an American socialite who led the Four Hundred, high society of New York City in the Gilded Age. Referred to later in life as "the Mrs. Astor" or simply
High society
…appeared, such as the "upper tens" in mid-19th century New York City, or "the 400," Ward McAllister's late 19th-century term for the number of people that Caroline Schermerhorn Astor's ballroom could supposedly accommodate, although the actual number was 273. Debutantes are young female members of high society being officially…
An illustration of Astor, c. 1853–1860
Portrait of Caroline Webster Schermerhorn in 1860
Ferncliff, the Astor family's country estate in Rhinebeck, New York
Beechwood, the Astors' summer home in Newport, Rhode Island