Tuesday Feb 23, 2016
1:30 PM - 1:30 PM CST
Tuesday, February 23 at 1:30pm
Lake Bluff Public Library
Free
Leslie Goddard presents an 1893 portrayal of Bertha Honore Palmer, Chicago socialite, wife of real estate magnate Potter Palmer and pace-setting arts patron. Although best remembered for her Impressionist art collection, now at the Art Institute of Chicago, the glamorous Mrs. Palmer had her own fascinating story. As shrewd as she was stylish, Mrs. Palmer helped her husband recoup financial losses after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and acted as hostess for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893.