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Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. Winterthur houses one of the richest collections of Americana in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The museum and estate were the home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969), Winterthur's founder and a prominent antiques collector and horticulturist.
Winterthur museum. Between Greenville and Centerville lies the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. This museum in Winterthur, Delaware, houses one of the most important collections of Americana in the country. It was the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969), a renowned collector of antiques and horticulturist.
The Nemours Estate is a 200-acre (81 ha) country estate with jardin à la française formal gardens and a French neoclassical mansion in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Built to resemble a French château , its 105 rooms on four floors occupy nearly 47,000 sq ft (4,400 m 2 ).
Henry was born on May 27, 1880, at Winterthur. He was the only son of Henry Algernon du Pont and Mary Pauline Foster to live to maturity; by the time he was born, his parents had already buried five children. [4]
Louise Crowninshield died on July 11, 1958, in Wilmington, Delaware. [4] She was buried at Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery in New Castle County, Delaware. [5] Her husband, Francis Crowninshield, had died in 1950, and the couple had no children. She was survived by her brother, Henry Francis du Pont, and by several nieces and nephews. [6]
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library (Winterthur, Delaware) Charles Frederick Hummel Jr. (born 1932) is a retired American curator, author, and educator who worked at the Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library from 1955 to 1991, concluding his career as senior deputy director for museum and library.
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, Winterthur, Delaware, US Captain John Purves and His Wife, Eliza Anne Pritchard , is an oil-on-canvas portrait created by American painter Henry Benbridge (1743–1812).
The Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library, in Winterthur, Delaware, holds his collection of manuscripts and published materials concerning Shakerism. This collection was the subject of a monograph by E. Richard McKinstry, The Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker Collection (Garland, 1987).