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Cecilia Beaux diary, 1912
Creator: Cecilia Beaux
APRIL 16, 1912
Cecilia Beaux's talents as a portrait painter were highly sought after during the late 1800s and early 1900s. In April 1912, she was working in New York on a series of portrait commissions from the social and political elite, when news of the sinking of the Titanic reached the United States. Beaux was strongly affected by the incident; she wrote, NO ONE SPEAKS OF ANYTHING BUT THE GREAT HORROR. A MOST UNJUST AND UNNECESSARY BLUNDER OR RATHER STUPID RECKLESS CARELESSNESS OF EVERYTHING BY SPEED FOR THE RICH. I AM KEEPING THE RECORD. |