Greta Brown Layton collection of du Pont family photographs and engravings

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1 Greta Brown Layton collection of du Pont family photographs and engravings 251 Finding aid prepared by Laurie Rizzo, 2014, revised Last updated on August 03, Hagley Museum and Library, Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department

2 Table of Contents Summary Information...3 Biography/History...4 s... 6 Administrative Information... 7 Controlled Access Headings...7 Collection Inventory Page 2 -

3 Summary Information Repository Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department Creator Layton, Greta B., Title Greta Brown Layton collection of du Pont family photographs and engravings Call number 251 Date circa 1820s-1900s Extent 5.5 linear feet General Physical Description 23 portrait engravings : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. 4 photographic prints : b&w ; 11 x 14 in. 49 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. 35 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 in. 4 photographic prints : b&w ; 7 x 9 in. 10 drawings, family crests : color ; 11 x 14 in. (several duplicates). 1 watercolor : color ; 11 x 14 in. 4 daguerreotypes. 1 photographic reproduction (of a painting) : b&w ; 7 x 9 in. framed. 2 photographic reproductions (of paintings) : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. ovals in frames. 4 photographic reproductions (of paintings) : color ; 4 x 5 in. oval, framed. 4 tintypes. 14 albumen silver prints : b&w ; carte-de-visites. 2 albumen silver prints : b&w ; minettes. 19 cabinet cards. 1 photographic print : color tinted ; 3 x 4 in. oval, framed. 1 engraving ; 5 x 7 in. matted. 1 photographic reproduction (of a painting) : color ; 2 x 3 in. oval, encased. 1 photographic print : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. framed. 2 photographic print : b&w ; 6 x 9 in. 1 photographic print : color ; 5 x 7 in. 1 painting ; 2 x 2 in. circle inserted in metal, covered with glass. The piece is set into a blue velvet lined shadow box ; 5 x 5 in. 7 items. 2 scrapbooks. Language English - Page 3 -

4 Abstract Greta Brown Layton ( ) was a descendant of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ( ) who founded the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company with his son Eleuthe?re Ire?ne?e du Pont ( ) in The E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. This collection consists of family portraits and group photographs of ancestors of Greta Brown Layton. The bulk of the collection are portrait engravings of individual members of the du Pont, Hounsfield, Pelleport, Van Dyke, Barksdale, and related families. Biography/History Greta Brown Layton ( ) was a descendant of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ( ) who founded the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company with his son Eleuthe?re Ire?ne?e du Pont ( ) in The E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. The du Pont?s purchased a mill site on the banks of the Brandywine River just North of Wilmington, Delaware and began with the production of gunpowder. Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours was born in Paris to a watchmaker, Samuel du Pont and Anne Alexandrine de Montchanin du Pont. He was apprenticed as a watchmaker, but during the early 1760s he began to study and write on economic matters, and in 1767 coined the term, Physiocracy, which means rule of nature, to describe the complex doctrine of Franc?ois Quesnay, which is now recognized as the first modern school of economics. During the French Revolution, du Pont served as a member of the Assemble?e Nationale Constituante ( ), where he aligned himself with the moderate Girondist faction. During the period of Jacobin ascendancy he was imprisoned. In 1799, du Pont de Nemours left France with his family and settled in the United States. Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours married Nicole Charlotte Marie Louise le D?e de Rencourt in 1766 and had two sons, Victor Marie du Pont ( ) and Eleuth?re Ir?n?e du Pont ( ). Victor Marie du Pont ( ) was born in Paris. After completing his education, he was employed as one of three sous-chiefs in his father's office at the Bureau du Commerce in Paris. In 1787, he obtained a position as private secretary to the Comte de Moustier, the French minister to the United States. In 1791, he was named aide-de-camp to General Lafayette, and the next year he was appointed secretary to the French legation in Philadelphia. - Page 4 -

5 In 1794, Victor Marie du Pont married Gabrielle Josephine de La Fite de Pelleport, who was the daughter of the Marquis de Pelleport. She was educated at Versailles, where her father was in the service of the Comte d'artois, brother of Louis XVI, and at the Abbaye de Port Royal in Paris. They travelled to the United States in 1795 when Victor was appointed as consul at Charleston, South Carolina. They returned to France in 1798 but moved to America permanently in 1800 when he formed a partnership with his father and brother Eleuthe?re Ire?ne?e du Pont establishing the trading company of DuPont de Nemours, Pe?re et Fils & Cie. This firm was dissolved in 1802, when E.I. du Pont organized his black powder manufacturing company. At that time, Victor du Pont was involved in supplying the French troops which were attempting to suppress a slave insurrection in Santo Domingo. Victor Marie du Pont and Gabrielle Jos?phine de la Fite de Pelleport had five children: Am?lia Elizabeth du Pont ( ), Charles Ir?n?e du Pont ( ), Samuel Francis du Pont ( ), Samuel Francis du Pont ( ), and Julia Sophie du Pont ( ). Victor and Josephine and their children lived in the New York City area until 1806, when they moved to Angelica in Genesee County, New York, where Victor was engaged in land speculation and operated a general store and tannery. In 1809 the family relocated to Delaware, where Victor's brother, E. I. du Pont had established his gunpowder mills. In 1811, he moved to Louviers, Delaware, where he became involved in his family's cotton and woolen mills. In 1820, he was elected to the Delaware state Senate and six years later he became a director of the Bank of the United States. Charles I. du Pont was born on March 29, 1797, the eldest son of Victor Marie du Pont. He studied at Mt. Airy College from 1809 to 1813, when he left school to enter business with his father. They formed the partnership of Victor & Charles I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. After the death of his father in 1827, the firm continued to operate as Charles I. du Pont & Co. until 1856, when Charles I. du Pont retired and the interests of the company were acquired by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. In 1824, Charles I. du Pont married Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke ( ). Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke was the daughter of Nicholas Van Dyke ( ) and Mary Van Lekvenigh Van Dyke ( ) of New Castle, Delaware. The Van Dyke male family members were active in government, with Nicholas Van Dyke serving in both the state and federal government. He was a member of the U.S. Senate from Dorcas Van Dyke and Charles I. du Pont had five children: Mary Van Dyke du Pont ( ), Victor du Pont ( ), Charles Ir?n?e du Pont, Jr. ( ), Am?lia Josephine du Pont ( ) and Nicholas Van Dyke du Pont ( ). Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke died in 1838 after a long illness. Victor du Pont ( ), the son of Charles I. du Pont, was an attorney in Wilmington, Delaware. Victor du Pont married Alice Hounsfield ( ) in 1851, the daughter of Mary Augusta Lammot Hounsfield (1811-?), granddaughter of Daniel Lammot and the great-granddaughter of Paul Beck. Victor du Pont and Alice Hounsfield du Pont had nine children: Victor du Pont, Jr. ( ), Mary "May" Lammot du Pont ( ), Ethel du Pont ( ), Charles Ir?n?e du Pont, II ( ), Samuel Francis du Pont ( ), Alice du Pont ( ), Samuel Francis du Pont ( ), Greta du Pont ( ), Sophie du Pont ( ) and Ren?e de Pelleport du Pont ( ). Victor and Alice Hounsfield du Pont?s third child, Ethel du Pont ( ) married Hamilton Macfarland Barksdale ( ). Hamilton MacFarland Barksdale was born in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1882 with a degree in civil engineering. Barksdale joined - Page 5 -

6 the engineering corps of the B&O railroad in In 1890 he went to work at the Repauno Chemical Company. When Repauno became part of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. in 1895, Barksdale was named head of the DuPont Company's Explosives Department. In 1911 he was named general manager and the next year he was appointed to the finance and executive committees. Throughout his career at DuPont, Barksdale was involved in the High Explosives Operating Department's research and development effort. He was also responsible for introducing scientific management to the company's manufacturing departments. Hamilton and Ethel du Pont Barksdale had two daughters, Greta du Pont Barksdale ( ) and Ethel du Pont Barksdale ( ). The couple also had two sons who died in infancy. Ethel du Pont Barksdale Wack was a portrait painter. She married John Wellington Tremor De Blois Wack ( ) in The Wack's had one daughter Ethel De Blois Wack ( ). In 1916 Greta du Pont Barksdale married DuPont executive, (Frank) Donaldson Brown, of Irvingtonon-the-Hudson. They had one daughter, Greta Brown ( ) and four sons: Hamilton Macfarland Barksdale Brown ( ), Frank Donaldson Brown, Jr. ( ), Bruce Ford Brown ( ), and John Vaughan Willcox Brown (1927-?). Greta Brown married Rodney M. Layton ( ) of Wilmington in They had three children: John?Jake? Rodney Layton (1954-), Susan?Becky? Barksdale Layton Bartovics (1950-), and Marion? Robin? Lee Layton Mann (1951-). Greta Brown Layton worked for Halloran General Hospital and the American Economics Foundation. She volunteered for the Visiting Nurses Association and the Junior League. She served on the Board of Directors of Winterthur Museum for over forty years and is wellknown for her passion for the decorative arts and love of horses. The Winterthur Museum hosts a race called the Point-to-Point which she helped found. s This collection consists of family portraits and group photographs of ancestors of Greta Brown Layton. The bulk of the collection are portrait engravings of individual members of the du Pont, Hounsfield, Pelleport, Van Dyke, Barksdale, and related families. There are a few group photographs of Victor du Pont and Alice Hounsfield du Pont and their children, Renee, Alice, Sophie, and Ethel (the grandmother of Greta Brown Layton). The collection also includes individual portraits of Hamilton M. and Ethel du Pont Barksdale ranging as young adults to shortly before death and as children (there are no portraits of them together). There is one photograph of Hamilton M. Barksdale with a group of B&O railroad engineers, and two group portraits from University of Virginia. There are two photographs of the interior of the Barksdale house on Mt. Salem Lane. There are individual portraits of Greta du Pont Barksdale and Ethel du Pont Barksdale Wack at a variety of ages. There are - Page 6 -

7 few portraits of Wack as a bride, and other images of her holding her newborn daughter. There are two photographs of portraits painted by Wack. The collection also contains a Testimonial resolution by the Board of Directors of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company to Donaldson Brown and Greta du Pont Barksdale's scrapbook of invitations, letters and calling cards. Finally there are hand-colored lithographs of family crests for the Peyton, Van Leuvenigh, Hounsfield, Brailsford, du Pont, de la File de Pelleport, Barksdale, Mac Farlan, O?Beirne and Van Dycke families. Administrative Information Hagley Museum and Library, Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department Finding aid prepared by Laurie Rizzo, 2014, revised Access Restrictions This collection is open for research. Controlled Access Headings Family Name(s) Du Pont family Form/Genre(s) Portraits. Personal Name(s) Mann, Marion Lee - Page 7 -

8 Subject(s) Heraldry - Page 8 -

9 Collection Inventory Unidentified man portrait, circa 18th century.. 3 Box Unidentified man portrait, circa 18th century Painting by Edouard Henri Theophile Pingret. Lithograph by Charles Vogt. Printed by Thierry Freres. Box Frances Peyton portrait, circa Hanging Frances Peyton ( ), William Barksdale's great grandmother. Painting by John Durand. Box Mary Augusta Lammot Hounsfield portraits, circa 1865, circa Includes typescript of obituary. - Page 9 -

10 Daniel Lammot portrait, circa 1820s From painting by Sully. Engraving by Frederick Reynolds, New York. Printed by the American Historical Society, Inc. Alice Hounsfield du Pont portrait, circa 1890, undated Bartholomaus von Loevenich portrait, undated Engraved by Campbell, New York. Printed by The American Historical Society, Inc. Nicholas Van Dyke and Mary Van Leuvenigh Van Dyke individual portraits, undated From the painting on wood by Chalfant. Engraving by Frederick Reynolds, New York. Printed by the American Historical Society, Inc. The photographic reproductions are the same image as the engraving. Charles du Pont I and Dorcan Van Dyke individual portraits, circa 1820s, circa 1860s From painting by Sully. Engraving by Frederick Reynolds, New York. Printed by the American Historical Society, Inc.; Engraving by E.G. - Page 10 -

11 Williams and Bro., New York. Two different images of Charles du Pont, the photographic reproductions are the same images as the engravings. Charles Henry Van Dyke and Henry Johns Van Dyke individual portraits, circa 1820s.. 3 Charles Henry Van Dyke ( ), and Henry Johns Van Dyke ( ) are brothers of Dorcas Van Dyke. Gabriel-Rene de la Fite Marquis de Pelleport and Marie-Elizabeth Givery, Maquise de Pelleport individual portraits, undated From painting by unknown French artist. Engraving by Frederick Reynolds, New York. Printed by the American Historical Society, Inc. Gabrielle Josephine nee de Pelleport and Victor Marie du Pont individual portraits image of Victor Marie du Pont and 3 images of Gabrielle Josephine nee de Pelleport. - Page 11 -

12 Gabrielle Josephine nee de Pelleport and Victor Marie du Pont individual portraits.. 4 Contains two portraits of each, one in their youth and one as an adult. Samuel du Pont and Anne Alexandrine de Montchanin du Pont individual portraits, undated From painting on wood by Chalfant. Engraving by Frederick Reynolds, New York. Printed by the American Historical Society, Inc. Photographic reproductions are the same image as engravings. Pierre Samuel du Pont and Nicole Charlotte Marie Louise le Dee de Rancourt individual portraits, undated Includes exterior of Champfleurie. Engravings from painting on wood by Chalfant. Engraving by Frederick Reynolds, New York. Printed by the American Historical Society, Inc.; and Engraving by J.J. Cade, New York. Sophie Madeleine (Dalmas) du Pont portrait, circa 1800s.. 5 Sophie Madeleine (Dalmas) du Pont ( ), wife of Eleuth?re Ir?n?e du Pont. - Page 12 -

13 E.I. du Pont and Victor du Pont individual portraits, 1916, undated Engraving by E.G. Williams & Bros., New York. Photograph of a painting by Clawson S. Hammitt. Victor du Pont and Charles Irene du Pont group portrait, undated Together as children. Barksdale portraits, circa 1844, circa Two portraits of two different men, one possibly Randolph Barksdale, one woman's portrait. One group portrait of three men, one is possibly Randolph Barksdale. Barksdale portraits, circa 1860s. 6 6 Unidentified man portrait, two unidentified woman portraits, and a group portrait of three men, one of whom is presumed to be Randolph Barksdale. General note 2 albumen silver prints : b&w ; carte-de-visites. 1 photographic reproduction : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. (2 copies). 1 photographic reproduction of a daguerreotype : b&w ; 3 x 4 in. Original daguerreotype in Box 2. - Page 13 -

14 Lucy Barksdale carte-de-visites album, circa 1860s, Front cover inscribed, "Lucy Barksdale, 1872." Portraits include infants, men and women, all unidentified. Tintypes are are entertainment pieces using the same man's head but altered body, in one he is riding a chicken, another he is riding a donkey and in the third he is wearing humorous pants. Unidentified man portrait, undated Hounsfield du Pont family portraits, circa 1880s One group portrait of Alice Hounsfield du Pont with Alice, Sophie, and Renee in a carriage with Coleman standing next to Ellen on the carriage horse. A second group portrait of Victor, Charles, Alice Hounsfield du Pont, May Augusta Hounsfield, Ethel, Alice, Sophie, and Renee. Renee, Alice, Ethel, and Sophie du Pont, group portrait, Sophie du Pont Ford portraits, circa In one portrait she is sitting under a portrait of Dorcus Van Dyke. - Page 14 -

15 Sophie du Pont Ford portraits, undated Two different individual portraits of Sophie du Pont (Ford), one of her at the piano and the other is a drawing. Sophie du Pont Ford portrait, circa May du Pont Saulsbury portrait, circa 1920s Unidentified boy portrait, circa 1910s.. 5 "Wynd Crest" Barksdale house on Mt. Salem Lane, interiors, circa View of the parlor and the foyer. Greta Gregg, Hamilton M. Barksdale, Nannie Phelps and B.H. Heyward group portrait, Hamilton Macfarland Barksdale portraits, circa Page 15 -

16 Hamilton M. Barksdale with B&O engineers, circa Hamilton M. Barksdale with two unidentified men, circa 1900s Hamilton M. Barksdale portraits, circa 1880, circa 1900s One individual portrait. Two group photographs of Barksdale at the University of Virginia, one is a baseball team. Ethel du Pont Barksdale portraits, circa s Ethel du Pont Barksdale portraits, circa 1930s Ethel du Pont Barksdale certificates, 1893, The Delaware Society Colonial Dames of America. State of Delaware Delagates certificate to attend the twelfth annual conference of the National Child Labor Committee. Letters of condolences to Ethel du Pont Barksdale on the passing of Hamilton M. Barksdale, Page 16 -

17 Ethel du Pont Barksdale portraits, circa 1930s One individual portrait and one with a young girl, presumably a granddaughter. Ethel du Pont Barksdale portrait, late 1920s-early 1930s Photograph of a painting by Ethel du Pont Barksdale Wack. Greta du Pont Barksdale portraits, 1891-circa 1910s Greta du Pont Barksdale scrapbook, Contains wedding invitations, calling cards, and letters from du Pont family. Also includes pressed flowers and pieces of ribbon or fabric from dresses she wore to events. Tucked in the front is a photographic postcard of the "thrilling rescue of passengers and crew by Captain Casto of the Schooner Alberta off Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1906." Tucked in middle is Barksdale's invitation and menu for the 100th Anniversary celebration and Rodney and Greta Brown Layton's invitation and menu for the 150th Anniversary of the du Pont's first landing in American celebration. - Page 17 -

18 Ethel du Pont Barksdale Wack portraits, circa Individual portraits and portraits holding her daughter as an infant. Ethel du Pont Barksdale Wack portrait, circa 1920s.. 2 Ethel du Pont Barksdale Wack portraits, 1923, circa Includes individual bridal portraits, and one group portrait with the bridesmaids. An image of a young girl seated with her dog and a portrait of the young girl and her dog painted by Wack. Possibly the girl is Ethel De Blois Wack. Unidentified portraits, circa 1930s-circa 1940s Possibly Ethel du Pont Barksdale Wack and Ethel de Bois Wack. Unidentified portraits, undated One of a man and one of an infant. - Page 18 -

19 Brown portrait, circa 1930s One of Greta Brown Layton's brothers. Letter to Greta and Don Brown from Pierre S. du Pont, 1928, Greta Brown Layton bridal portrait, Greta Brown Layton and John de B. Wack, circa Testimonial Resolution by the Board of Directors of the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company to Donaldson Brown, 1965 June A narrative of Brown's accomplishments during his career at the DuPont Company. Paul Beck's shot tower engraving, undated Caption reads: "N.W. View of Mr. Paul Beck's Shot Tower near the Schuylkill." Engraved by T. Birch. - Page 19 -

20 Flags watercolor, undated Four flags emerging from a wreath. Centennial crest: du Pont de Nemours , circa Family crests: Peyton, undated Family crests: Van Leuvenigh, undated Family crests: Hounsfield, Brailsford, undated Family crests: du Pont, de la File de Pelleport, undated Includes "Armes de la Famille de Pellepore" two pages in French. Family crests: Barksdale, Mac Farlan, undated Family crests: O'Beirne, undated Page 20 -

21 Family crests: Van Dycke, undated Page 21 -