James J. Van Alen
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James John Van Alen was an American socialite. He was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy on October 20, 1893, but declined the appointment. He was well known as a New York
Emily Astor by Hiram Powers
Rushton Hall in Northamptonshire, England
Van Alen's Newport residence
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
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