Henrietta Latham Dwight | |
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| Born | Henrietta Marshall (1840-10-21)October 21, 1840 Philadelphia, United States |
| Died | February 8, 1909(1909-02-08) (aged 68)[1] Paris, France |
| Other names | Henrietta Latham |
| Occupation(s) | Watercolor artist, cookbook writer |
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| Children | 3 |
Henrietta Marshall Latham Dwight (bornHenrietta Marshall; other married nameHenrietta Latham; October 21, 1840 – February 8, 1909) was an American watercolor artist and cookbook writer. She was known for her landscapes and authored the vegetarian cookbookThe Golden Age Cook-Book, in 1898.
Dwight was born inPhiladelphia as Henrietta Marshall.[2] Her parents were Charles Manchester Marshall of England and Henrietta Cole of Kentucky.[3]
In 1860 she married James Hoge Latham, they had three children. In 1876, her husband died and she married Colonel James F. Dwight in 1880. She moved into a fifty-room mansion, Thrulow Lodge, inMenlo Park.[3]
Dwight was known for her watercolor landscapes. She studied withChristian Jorgensen and her artwork focused on Californian coastal life.[3][4]
Dwight authored an earlyvegetarian cookbook,The Golden Age Cook-Book, in 1898.[5] The cookbook waslacto-ovo vegetarian and utilized "mock meat" recipes, such as mock chicken croquettes and mock fish soup.[6] Her mock chicken recipe was made from breadcrumbs, eggs, lemon juice and walnuts.[4] Dwight stated that meat eating was "not necessary to the perfect health of man".[4]
Dwight died during thediphtheria epidemic in Paris in 1909.[7] She was buried inMountain View Cemetery, California. In 1918, in memory of Dwight and her first husband, their children Edith and Milton Latham formed the Latham Foundation with the aim of promoting humane education and respect for all living creatures.[8]
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