Family Portrait Gallery
Select a family member to read more about their life and view related material, or use the captions to explore other parts of the exhibit.
Francis Martin Drexel
1792–1863
Discover his paintings and read about his life in his own words.
Catherine Hookey Drexel
1795–1870
Mary Johanna
Drexel Lankenau
1822–1873
John Diederich Lankenau
1817–1901
Francis Anthony Drexel
1824–1885
Hannah Jane Langstroth Drexel
1826–1858
Emma Mary Bouvier Drexel
1833–1883
Anthony Joseph Drexel
1826–1893
George William Childs
1829–1894
Ellen Rozet Drexel
1832–1891
Joseph Wilhelm (William) Drexel
1833–1888
Emilie Drexel Biddle
1851–1883
Frances “Fannie”
Drexel Paul
1852–1892
James W. Paul, Jr.
1851–1908
Alexander Van Rensselaer
1851–1933
Sarah Rozet Drexel
Van Rensselaer
1860–1929
Elizabeth Langstroth
Drexel Smith
1855–1890
Walter George Smith
1854–1924
Saint Katharine
Mary Drexel
1858–1955
Read about Katharine and her religious order the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament.
Louise Bouvier
Drexel Morrell
1863–1945
Edward de Veaux Morrell
1863–1917
John Rozet Drexel
1863–1935
Alice Troth Drexel
1865–1947
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr.
1864–1934
George W. Childs Drexel
1868–1944
Mary Stretch Irick Drexel
1868–1944
Amanda Drexel
Fell Cassatt
1880–1954
Anthony Joseph
Drexel Biddle, Sr.
1874–1948
Livingston Ludlow Biddle, Sr.
1877–1959
Edward Craig Biddle, Sr.
1879–1947
Ellen Paul Mills
1880–1964
Anthony J. “A.J.”
Drexel Paul
1885–1958
Mary Astor Paul
Munn Allez
1889–1950
John “Jack” R.
Drexel, Jr.
1890–1936
Alice Gordon Drexel Barrett
1892–1959
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
1897–1961
Explore the Drexel Founding Collection’s exhibition Citizen, Soldier, Diplomat.
Craig Biddle, Jr.
1902–1988
Pauline Munn Doyle
1909–1939
Frances Drexel Munn Baker
1917–2012
Livingston L. Biddle, Jr.
1918–2002
Read more about Biddle’s work with the National Endowment for the Arts.