Baron and Baroness Hyde de Neuville and Decatur House - Photo 3
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- Henry Luce III Center for the Study of American Culture, New-York Historical Society
Baron and Baroness Hyde de Neuville and Decatur House - Photo 3
Baroness de Neuville painted St. John’s Church and the Richard Cutts House from a third floor window at Decatur House, Washington, D.C., 1822.
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