Books
Eliza was a modern woman in a most un-modern time. Her tactics were considered unseemly by some, but reading her story today, one can only raise a glass, tip a hat, bow down and say, “Brava!”
Liz Smith, New York Social Diary, March 7, 2016.
Margaret A. Oppenheimer, The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel: A Story of Marriage and Money in the Early Republic (2015).
- Read an excerpt (PDF)
- See reviews and press coverage
- Learn more about Jumel’s mansion in New York City
- Coming up on April 5, 2025: Learn about Jumel’s dealings with Alexander Hamilton’s son!
A readable, well-documented book that will be of value in consumer-health collections.
Janet M. Schneider (James A. Haley Veterans’ Hosp.), Library Journal
The book is easy-to-read and is detailed, accurate and well researched.
Hazel Duncan, Paediatric Dietitian (Royal Shrewsbury Hospital), Dietetics Today
Margaret A. Oppenheimer, Beat Crohn’s: Getting to Remission with Enteral Nutrition (2009).
- Read an excerpt
- Read Margaret’s Crohn’s News Blog
But such is the virtue, once again, of these pages and their author: knowledge is always put back in play or questioned, at the risk of being wrong sometimes, but assuredly to the benefit of a better knowledge and understanding of these French portraitists whom American research continues to serve so well.
Stéphane Guégan, La Tribune de l’Art, February 4, 2006 (translated from French)
Margaret A. Oppenheimer, The French Portrait: Revolution to Restoration (2005).
- Read an article about the accompanying exhibit
- Read a review in French (behind a paywall)
Articles
*Starred articles can be accessed freely online by clicking the journal title.
Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide*
Gazette des Beaux-Arts
The Magazine Antiques
The 37th Annual Washington Antiques Show
The Metropolitan Museum Journal*
Source: Notes in the History of Art
Art & Auction
The Toastmaster
WestMuse