On 28th August 1854 Ralph Wormeley Curtis was born to Daniel Sargent Curtis [aged 28]. He was a fourth cousin of painter John Singer Sargent.
Around 1880. Ralph Wormeley Curtis [aged 25]. "Whistler [aged 45] at a Party".
Around 1880. John Singer Sargent [aged 23]. Portrait of the artist's fourth cousin Ralph Wormeley Curtis [aged 25]. Made at Scheveningen, a seaside resort in the Netherlands that Sargent visited with Curtis and their mutual friend Francis Brooks Chadwick in late summer 1880.
1884. Ralph Wormeley Curtis [aged 29]. "Drifting with the Tide".
Around 1884. Ralph Wormeley Curtis [aged 29]. "Return from the Lido".
Around 1884. Ralph Wormeley Curtis [aged 29]. "Venice San Francesco del Deserto".
On 6th June 1897 Ralph Wormeley Curtis [aged 42] and Lisa D'Wolfe Colt [aged 26] were married.
On 2nd July 1908 [his father] Daniel Sargent Curtis [aged 82] died.
1918. John Singer Sargent [aged 61]. "Mrs Ralph Curtis [aged 63]" i.e. [his wife] Lisa D'Wolfe Colt [aged 47].
Lisa D'Wolfe Colt: In 1871 she was born. On 6th June 1897 Ralph Wormeley Curtis and she were married. In 1933 she died.
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Before 1922. Ralph Wormeley Curtis [aged 67]. "The Bridge of Sighs".
On 4th February 1922 Ralph Wormeley Curtis [aged 67] died.
In 1933 [his former wife] Lisa D'Wolfe Colt [aged 62] died.
Grandfather: Thomas Buckminster Curtis
father: Daniel Sargent Curtis
Great x 3 Grandfather: Epes Sargent
Great x 2 Grandfather: Daniel Sargent
Great x 1 Grandfather: Daniel Sargent
Grandmother: Maria Osborne Sargent