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(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Mary Hunter
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2017 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Mary Hunter

India, 1856 - 1933
BiographyLondon hostess, sister of Ethel Smyth, friend of Sargent
http://home.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/smythethelgen.htm

Mary Smyth Hunter (1856-1933), born in India, married the wealthy coal-mining heir Charles Hunter in 1875. Mary was known for her lavish hospitality at Hill Hall, their country house, and for her patronage of musicians, writers, and artists, including John Singer Sargent and Auguste Rodin.
http://discover.odai.yale.edu/ydc/Record/4081135 I.S. 12/20/2017
Person TypeIndividual
Last Updated8/7/24