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approves the plan but states she will remain in France with their daughter.
That same year Vernon returned to Newport. There is no evidence that he took his "son"
with him. But a year later he was dunned by a Philadelphia shipping agent for his passage
money. The invoice, also in the Vernons' possession, carried a significant item : a charge for
transportation by ship from France to America of Vernon's "servant" and Vernon's "pupil."
When Vernon's family met him in Newport he was accompanied by neither servant nor
pupil. One guess is that the "pupil" and "servant" di sembarked earlier in Boscon.
In short, Vernon's correspondence with his former mistress about their "son" may have
been nothing more th an an elaborate smokescreen to mi slead French Government authorities
(undoubtedly reading his mail as a suspected Royali st ) about the real identity of the boy re
·turning with him to the U.S.
For his services, Marie Antionette, before being imprisoned, and fearfully guessing what
the future might hold fo r her son, might easily have handed Vernon the Mona Lisa. There
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Handbill for the auction of
the Vernon collection, 1835.
Object Description
| Exhibition | Vernon Mona Lisa |
| Artist(s) | Leonardo da Vinci |
| Title | The Vernon Mona Lisa |
| View | Catalog |
| Year | 1964 |
| Decade(s) | 1960s |
| Exhibition Dates | 1964 July 9 - August 2 |
| Description | Catalog accompanying the exhibition of the same name. |
| Catalog Format |
book catalogue (exhibition) |
| Catalog Information | 24 pages, some color |
| Published | 1964 |
| Catalog Description | Produced by Otis Art Associates. Foreward by Andreas Andersen; essay by Wayne Long; catalog design by David Green. |
| Catalog Contributor(s) |
Andersen, Andreas S. Green, David Long, Wayne |
| Gallery | Otis Art Institute of Los Angeles County Gallery |
| Media |
Drawing Painting |
| ImageID | monalisa-1964-catalog |
| Rights | Copyright Otis College of Art and Design |
| Collection | Ben Maltz Gallery Exhibition Archive |
Description
| Title | Page 11 |
| Full Text of PDF | approves the plan but states she will remain in France with their daughter. That same year Vernon returned to Newport. There is no evidence that he took his "son" with him. But a year later he was dunned by a Philadelphia shipping agent for his passage money. The invoice, also in the Vernons' possession, carried a significant item : a charge for transportation by ship from France to America of Vernon's "servant" and Vernon's "pupil." When Vernon's family met him in Newport he was accompanied by neither servant nor pupil. One guess is that the "pupil" and "servant" di sembarked earlier in Boscon. In short, Vernon's correspondence with his former mistress about their "son" may have been nothing more th an an elaborate smokescreen to mi slead French Government authorities (undoubtedly reading his mail as a suspected Royali st ) about the real identity of the boy re ·turning with him to the U.S. For his services, Marie Antionette, before being imprisoned, and fearfully guessing what the future might hold fo r her son, might easily have handed Vernon the Mona Lisa. There fJd.Td.LfltJCJB •• .a.• a•••'~' PiiiTIIQS, ...... ......, ....... ~. ~"'&be laCe Waa. B. VEJINOI(, dariae hlo --Ia-. .. &be period of .... - BeTolldlooo . ..... ilale II& .All-·• ea~ IUCile6 ....... -ld. ~ ....... -. Handbill for the auction of the Vernon collection, 1835. |
