"After seeing the work of renowned animal sculptor Edward Kemys at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, Florence commissioned two bronze lions as a memorial to her husband. The statues were placed on either side of the main entrance steps at the Art Institute of Chicago, where they still stand today..In keeping with the Lathrops' preference for anonymity, there is no plaque honoring the donor and the Art Institute publicity does not mention the Field or Lathrop names in connection with the lions." p 276.
"Minna married (1) Prescott Gibson and they had one child, Henry Field Gibson, who later dropped the Gibson from his name. He went on to become a renowned anthropologist who lived in Coconut Grove, FL. She married (2) Algernon Burnaby, an English aristocrat from Leicestershire."
"Florence Field married a teacher named Thomas Lindsay and later became a successful lawyer in Boston".
"After seeing the work of renowned animal sculptor Edward Kemys at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, Florence commissioned two bronze lions as a memorial to her husband. The statues were placed on either side of the main entrance steps at the Art Institute of Chicago, where they still stand today..In keeping with the Lathrops' preference for anonymity, there is no plaque honoring the donor and the Art Institute publicity does not mention the Field or Lathrop names in connection with the lions." p 276.
"Minna married (1) Prescott Gibson and they had one child, Henry Field Gibson, who later dropped the Gibson from his name. He went on to become a renowned anthropologist who lived in Coconut Grove, FL. She married (2) Algernon Burnaby, an English aristocrat from Leicestershire."
"Florence Field married a teacher named Thomas Lindsay and later became a successful lawyer in Boston".
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