Tea for the Committee for White House Paintings

This photograph from First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy's tea for the Committee for White House Paintings in the Green Room was taken by Robert L. Knudsen on December 5, 1961. The participants sitting on the setee are (L-R): Mrs. Kennedy; chairman of the Paintings Committee, James W. Fosburgh; and Susan Mary Alsop. Those pictured standing are (L-R): Suzette M. Zurcher; Stanley Marcus; Lawrence Fleischmann; Minnie Fosburgh; Nathaniel Saltonstall; Andrea Cowdin; chairman of the White House Fine Arts Committee, Henry Francis du Pont; Helen Chisholm Halle; Babe Paley; and Joseph Pulitzer, Jr. The committee was established by Mrs. Kennedy to provide expertise and to aid in finding donations of fine art and furnishings for the White House Collection.