Cornelia Van Rensselear Hartman

Cornelia Van Rensselear Hartman descended from two American families whose settlement and histories were contemporary with the foundations of the Republic – the Carroll family of Maryland and the Van Rensselear family of New York. Her collections contained a wealth of Carroll and Van Rensselaer family history, and were sold. Her partnership with Count Lorenzo Paolozzi opened offices in Boston, Washington DC, and Rome where their clients included many notable politicians, journalists, foreign diplomats and celebrities.

Mid-Century Cocktail Table, design by Paolozzi and Hartman

Cornelia and her brother as young children.

His Excellency George Washington Esquire, Mezzotint dated 1780, by Charles Wilson Peale

Extremely Rare Federal Period Print, published by John Binns 1819, in it’s original frame, The Declaration of Independence.

Charles Carroll, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
(letter from President James Monroe May, 1818.)

General Robert Van Rensselear (1740-1802) family crest on fine
American silver ladle, circa 1790.