Frances Washington Delehanty (January 31, 1879 — January 8, 1977) was an American artist and illustrator, and a noted designer of bookplates, posters, and toy theatres. Later in life she helped to establish the Abbey of Regina Laudis on her property in Connecticut.
Gertrude Kasebier, "The Manger" (1899); Frances Delehanty is the model in this image
Edward Steichen, Frances Delehanty, Charlotte Smith (Paddock), and Hermine Käsebier (Turner) at Voulangis, France, posed in the spirit of the French Impressionists, photographed by Gertrude Käsebier (1901), from the Library of Congress
Frances Washington Delehanty was born in Washington, D.C.[1] and raised in New York, the daughter of Daniel Delehanty and Fanny Madison Washington Delehanty. Her father was a Naval officer. She was descended from George Washington's brother Samuel Washington,[2] through her maternal grandfather, editor Benjamin Franklin Washington.[3] Delehanty attended the Academy of the Visitation, a Roman Catholic girls' school in Brooklyn, New York.[4]
As a young woman she traveled in Europe with photographer Gertrude Käsebier and her daughter Hermine.[5] Delehanty is featured in one of Käsebier's better known photographs, titled "The Manger" (1899).[6]
She also studied art at Pratt Institute. In 1915, Vanity Fair called her "the Queen of the Benedict Art-Village and absolute ruler of the Dutch Oven outdoor cafe", in an illustrated story about artists in Washington Square Park.[7] During World War I she used her French skills as a nurse in France. [1]
Career in art
Delehanty illustrations for Neith Boyce's "Love in a Dutch Garden" (Harper's Weekly 1914)
Delehanty's illustrations appeared in national magazines including Everybody's Magazine[8]Bookman magazine,[9] and Harper's Weekly. She illustrated the books The Works of Jesus (1909) by Edna S. Little, Love in a Dutch Garden (1914) by Neith Boyce, More Fairytale Plays (1917) by Marguerite Merington, Gertrude Crownfield's Heralds of the King (1931), and Justine Ward's Sunday Mass (1932).[10] She wrote and illustrated Canticle of the Three Children in the Fiery Furnace (1936), and They Go to Mass (1938).
Delehanty was a prolific designer of bookplates.[11][12] She designed posters for actress Minnie Maddern Fiske.[13] She also made miniature cardboard "fairy playhouses" or toy theaters for children. "There is individuality abundantly manifest in all this remarkable girl does," marveled one newspaper profile in 1913.[14]
Delehanty showed four portraits at the annual art exhibition in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 1922.[15] She also had a group of "fashionable" portraits on exhibit in New York, and at the Gillespie Gallery in Pittsburgh, in 1927.[16]
Abbey founding
Frances W. "Fanny" Delehanty lived in Bethlehem, Connecticut with fellow artist Lauren Ford (1891-1973), next door to Ford's adopted daughter, Dora Stone. In 1947, the pair helped to establish the Abbey of Regina Laudis near their farm in Connecticut.[17][18] It was the first American monastery for cloistered Benedictine nuns. The founding of the abbey was the inspiration for a film, Come to the Stable (1949), written by Clare Booth Luce and starring Loretta Young and Celeste Holm; Elsa Lanchester played the eccentric, artistic, religious landowner character "Amelia Potts" (taking the place of both Ford and Delehanty).[19]
Death
Delehanty died at home in Connecticut after a long illness in 1977, a few weeks before her 98th birthday.[1][20][21]
Lew Jaffe, "Frances W. Delehanty" Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie (November 15, 2013). Blog post about Delehanty's bookplates, with many examples.
An ex libris bookplate for Kate Cameron Simmons, by Frances W. Delehanty, in the Maria Gerard Messenger Collection of Women's Bookplates, at The Grolier Club.
January 06, 2023
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Frances Washington Delehanty January 31 1879 January 8 1977 was an American artist and illustrator and a noted designer of bookplates posters and toy theatres Later in life she helped to establish the Abbey of Regina Laudis on her property in Connecticut Gertrude Kasebier The Manger 1899 Frances Delehanty is the model in this image Edward Steichen Frances Delehanty Charlotte Smith Paddock and Hermine Kasebier Turner at Voulangis France posed in the spirit of the French Impressionists photographed by Gertrude Kasebier 1901 from the Library of Congress Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career in art 3 Abbey founding 4 Death 5 References 6 External linksEarly life and education EditFrances Washington Delehanty was born in Washington D C 1 and raised in New York the daughter of Daniel Delehanty and Fanny Madison Washington Delehanty Her father was a Naval officer She was descended from George Washington s brother Samuel Washington 2 through her maternal grandfather editor Benjamin Franklin Washington 3 Delehanty attended the Academy of the Visitation a Roman Catholic girls school in Brooklyn New York 4 As a young woman she traveled in Europe with photographer Gertrude Kasebier and her daughter Hermine 5 Delehanty is featured in one of Kasebier s better known photographs titled The Manger 1899 6 She also studied art at Pratt Institute In 1915 Vanity Fair called her the Queen of the Benedict Art Village and absolute ruler of the Dutch Oven outdoor cafe in an illustrated story about artists in Washington Square Park 7 During World War I she used her French skills as a nurse in France 1 Career in art Edit Delehanty illustrations for Neith Boyce s Love in a Dutch Garden Harper s Weekly 1914 Delehanty s illustrations appeared in national magazines including Everybody s Magazine 8 Bookman magazine 9 and Harper s Weekly She illustrated the books The Works of Jesus 1909 by Edna S Little Love in a Dutch Garden 1914 by Neith Boyce More Fairytale Plays 1917 by Marguerite Merington Gertrude Crownfield s Heralds of the King 1931 and Justine Ward s Sunday Mass 1932 10 She wrote and illustrated Canticle of the Three Children in the Fiery Furnace 1936 and They Go to Mass 1938 Delehanty was a prolific designer of bookplates 11 12 She designed posters for actress Minnie Maddern Fiske 13 She also made miniature cardboard fairy playhouses or toy theaters for children There is individuality abundantly manifest in all this remarkable girl does marveled one newspaper profile in 1913 14 Delehanty showed four portraits at the annual art exhibition in Stockbridge Massachusetts in 1922 15 She also had a group of fashionable portraits on exhibit in New York and at the Gillespie Gallery in Pittsburgh in 1927 16 Abbey founding EditFrances W Fanny Delehanty lived in Bethlehem Connecticut with fellow artist Lauren Ford 1891 1973 next door to Ford s adopted daughter Dora Stone In 1947 the pair helped to establish the Abbey of Regina Laudis near their farm in Connecticut 17 18 It was the first American monastery for cloistered Benedictine nuns The founding of the abbey was the inspiration for a film Come to the Stable 1949 written by Clare Booth Luce and starring Loretta Young and Celeste Holm Elsa Lanchester played the eccentric artistic religious landowner character Amelia Potts taking the place of both Ford and Delehanty 19 Death EditDelehanty died at home in Connecticut after a long illness in 1977 a few weeks before her 98th birthday 1 20 21 References Edit a b c Fanny Delehanty Abbey Founder Succumbs Naugatuck Daily News January 14 1977 2 via Newspapers com Thornton Augustin Washington A Genealogical History Beginning with Colonel John Washington the Emigrant Press of McGill amp Wallace 1891 60 61 Mrs Daniel Delehanty New York Times June 5 1930 19 via ProQuest High Honors Attained By the Pupils of the Visitation Academy Brooklyn Daily Eagle June 20 1894 7 via Newspapers com Untitled brief social item Brooklyn Daily Eagle August 18 1901 14 via Newspapers com Gertrude Kasebier The Manger 1899 National Museum of Women in the Arts D and H Ferriss Vie de Boheme in Washington Square Vanity Fair August 1915 36 J P Mowbray The Making of a Country Home Everybody s Magazine July 1901 65 Bookplates at Writers Bureau Honolulu Star Bulletin April 12 1924 20 via Newspapers com Justine Ward Sunday Mass Lecouvet 1932 Nancy Beyer Book Plates Industrial Arts Magazine February 1915 79 82 Notes of the Month Ex Libris Journal April 1904 53 Rare Art Treasures The New York Dramatic Mirror May 21 1910 7 Janet Vale The Maker of Littlest Theaters The Buffalo Sunday Morning News February 16 1913 15 via Newspapers com Berkshire Artists Exhibit Summer Work at Stockbridge New York Herald August 27 1922 36 via Newspapers com Frances Delehanty s Portrait Drawings Pittsburgh Daily Post March 20 1927 58 via Newspapers com Antoinette Bosco Mother Benedict Foundress of the Abbey of Regina Laudis Ignatius Press 2009 179 180 189 190 ISBN 9781586174118 James F Looby Seven Nuns are Enclosed by Bishop Hartford Courant September 3 1948 1 7 via Newspapers com Margalit Fox Mother Benedict Dies at 94 Head of a Cloistered Abbey New York Times October 10 2005 B8 Miss Delehanty Rites Saturday Bridgeport Post January 14 1977 32 via Newspapers com Descendant of Family of Washington Dies Hartford Courant January 14 1977 5 via Newspapers com External links EditFrances W Delehanty at Find a Grave Lew Jaffe Frances W Delehanty Confessions of a Bookplate Junkie November 15 2013 Blog post about Delehanty s bookplates with many examples An ex libris bookplate for Kate Cameron Simmons by Frances W Delehanty in the Maria Gerard Messenger Collection of Women s Bookplates at The Grolier Club Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frances W Delehanty amp oldid 1025784699, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
