Visited with Louis @walrus the majestic mansion built by one of the Vanderbilt tycoons in Newport: marble, marble and more marble. Guess: the call it the Marble House (some facts here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_House ). Many magnificent objects, I dare say maybe a bit magniloquent.
As I use to swim stubbornly upstream, what catched my eye was this rather modest photo of Consuelo Vanderbilt (the daughter of the prominent Alva, who had received the mansion as a little present for her 39th birthday). I liked the seemingly mundane setting and the melancholic smile of the soon to be Duchess of Marlborough.
