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Wilmerding was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 28, 1938, and was descended from prominent families in old New York City social circles. [2] [3] His parents were John Currie Wilmerding Sr. (1911–1965), a vice president in the personal trust division of Bankers Trust Company, [4] and Lila Vanderbilt (née Webb) Wilmerding (1913–1961). [5]
Contemporary descendants include American art historian John Wilmerding, journalist Anderson Cooper (son of Gloria Vanderbilt), actor Timothy Olyphant, musician John P. Hammond, screenwriter James Vanderbilt, and the Duke of Marlborough James Spencer-Churchill.
Wilmerding is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Georgiana Wilmerding Phelps, née Georgiana Wilmerding (1873–1960), American socialite; John Wilmerding (1938–2024), American professor of art, collector, curator, and author
In 2005, art historian John Wilmerding was hired for acquisition and advice on museum programming. [7] Wilmerding commented that Alice Walton "will not spend at any cost" and will do her "homework on almost every individual acquisition and will ask for paperwork on market comparables". [8]
Art historian John Wilmerding wrote, "Such close attention by a painter to one model over so long a period of time is a remarkable, if not singular, circumstance in the history of American art". [1] For art critic James Gardner, Testorf "has the curious distinction of being the last person to be made famous by a painting". [9]
Her siblings included Edward Coster Wilmerding [4] and John C. Wilmerding, who married Mary Fatimeh de Lex Allen, a great-granddaughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt. [5] [6] Her father John, a merchant, was a member of the dry goods auction firm of Wilmerding, Morris & Mitchell. [5] She was descended from many of New York's oldest families. [3]
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John Henry Hammond; John Jay Schieffelin; John LeBoutillier; John P. Hammond; John Spencer-Churchill, 10th Duke of Marlborough; John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough; John Wilmerding; Jonathan Pease; Josiah Cheston Hornblower