Mary Ann Ogden

Together they had six children. In 1857 the couple lost their four-year-old daughter Emma and soon after Mary began to accompany her husband on yearly trips to purchase art on speculation for resale on the New York market. The couple commissioned works by living artists and corresponded with various artists in their acquaintance. Mary was herself a watercolorist and collected spoons as a hobby, which she later donated to the Metropolitan. Bric-à-brac shops in London, Chester, Liverpool, Paris, Lille, Rouen, Blois, Brussels, Antwerp, Amsterdam, Hague, Haarlem, Berlin, Frankfort, Nuremberg, Düsseldorf, and Prague. In 1886 the couple lost another daughter, Fanny, and began to make charitable donations. Their son Henry had studied art and later became an architect. The couple continued living with their only surviving child Samuel Jr. In their New York City gallery, who took over the family business. When Mary's husband died in 1904 she oversaw the donation of their collection to the Metropolitan and later moved with her son to Hartford, where she died. • Illustration — Postcard of the "Mary Ogden Avery Convalescent Hospital" in Hartford • Illustration — Mr. & Mrs. Avery in their gallery, by Ignacio León y Escosura • Illustration — Litho of a watercolor by Mary Ann Ogden Avery

• Name — Mary Ann Ogden • Born — December 1, 1825 • Birthplace — New York City • Died — 29 April 1911 • Place of death — Hartford