A framed painting by Cecilia Beaux entitled "Little Lamerche".

Cecilia Beaux (May 1, 1855 to September 7, 1942) was an American society portraitist, in the manner of John Singer Sargent. She was a near contemporary of American artist Mary Cassatt and also received her training in Philadelphia and France. Her sympathetic renderings of American ruling class made her one of the most successful portrait painters of her era. During her long productive life as an artist, she maintained her personal aesthetic and high standards against all distractions and countervailing forces.