“I think they are trying to project importance, status and prestige,” Ms. Haskell said, adding that the portraits were probably painted soon after the wedding. When I explained my reason for calling, she said she had no idea the Grants had appeared in the newspaper’s first wedding announcement. As brief and terse as his wedding announcement, the notice merely reported that he had “dropped dead” in his home at age 60. Sarah Grant died 29 years later. What would John and Sarah Grant think?

Source: New York Times January 23, 2017 23:35 UTC