Amanda "Minnie" Drexel Fell Cassatt
Title
Amanda "Minnie" Drexel Fell Cassatt
Subject
Cassatt, Minnie Drexel Fell, 1880-1954
Biographical Text
Amanda "Minnie" Drexel Cassatt (1880-1954) was the daughter of Sarah Drexel Fell Van Rensselaer and the granddaughter of Anthony J. Drexel. She married Robert Kelso Cassatt, nephew of Impressionist painter Mary Stevenson Cassatt, in 1900. The couple had three children, two of whom survived to adulthood: Nellie Cassatt (1901-1901), Alexander Johnston Cassatt (1904-1985), and Anthony Drexel Cassatt (1906-1972). Minnie Drexel Cassatt died when her lit cigarette caused a fire in her apartment.
Birth Date
1880
Death Date
1954
Source
Detail of Studio Portrait of Mrs. Robert Kelso (Minnie) Cassatt in ballet costume
Undated
Campbell Studios Waldorf Astoria
Drexel University Archives, Drexel University
MC.00.001 Drexel Family Collection
20070290071
Undated
Campbell Studios Waldorf Astoria
Drexel University Archives, Drexel University
MC.00.001 Drexel Family Collection
20070290071
Rights
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Collection
Citation
“Amanda "Minnie" Drexel Fell Cassatt,” Drexel Exhibits, accessed April 25, 2024, https://drexelexhibits.omeka.net/items/show/33.
Item Relations
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