Mr. Archer Escorts Mme Olenska
Mr. Archer Escorts Mme Olenska
Chris Duke
Watercolor, Pen & Ink
20" x 16"
After Countess Ellen Olenska decides to return to Europe, May throws a farewell party for her. Still very much in love, Archer escorts Ellen into the dining room.
I based this staircase on the one at the Vanderbilt mansion in Hyde Park, NY, a town close to Rhinebeck where some of Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence takes place.