Join art historian and curator Sylvia Yount for a lecture that situates the work of the lesser known Cecilia Beaux -- whose popular and critical reputation at the turn of the twentieth century exceeded that of her now acclaimed fellow Philadelphians Thomas Eakins and Mary Cassatt -- into the broader context of American portrait painting. In this beautifully illustrated lecture, Yount traces Beaux's rise and fall in American art history in terms of issues of gender, class, and the importance of place. A light reception and book signing of Yount's exhibition catalogue Cecilia Beaux, Figure Painter, now touring the country, will follow the lecture. The Samuel Thorne Memorial Lecture is an annual series endowed by the late Mrs. Samuel Thorne and Samuel Thorne, Jr. in honor of their husband and father, Samuel Thorne, a former Museum president.