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Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House

Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House

Harbor Hill: Portrait of a House

$60.00

Wilson, Richard Guy

Cl. New York, 2008

Book ID: 75014

Harbor Hill in Roslyn, Long Island, was commissioned by the beautiful and imperious Katherine Duer Mackay, wife of one of the country's wealthiest men. The mansion, along with its magnificent furnishings, art, and gardens, and the owners' striving, hubris, and ultimate failure are the dramatis personae of this saga. Detailing the extravagant product of the owners' desire for social acceptance, the story encompasses western mining and old versus new wealth, religious differences and the building of a church, art collecting, and many people who ran the house and gardens.

178 pp., 175 B&W, 8 color illus