Catharine Lorillard Wolfe (8 March 1828-4 April 1887), though all but forgotten today, transformed art museums in the United States through two bequests to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Her will gave her large collection of popular contemporary paintings to the Museum, supplementing this with a cash legacy of $200,000. Her collection gave the Metropolitan its first significant representation of the kinds of paintings that appealed to the general public. Wikipedia
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