Lucy, who never married and was congenitally deaf, was educated privately by governesses and later at Miss Porter's SchoolinFarmington, Connecticut.[2] She lived in the family home at 110 Benevolent Street in Providence, Rhode Island, for most of her life, but traveled extensively in Europe and Asia. She often retold the story of one trip to China in 1923, when she was captured by armed bandits and held for two days before her release (the Lincheng Outrage).[4]
Lucy died in Providence on January 12, 1955, and was buried at Swan Point Cemetery there.[2] She was worth $2,500,000 at the time of her death.[5]
Lucy was an active art collector, especially in the fields of porcelain and Asian textiles.[6] Between 1934 and 1956, she donated much of her collection to the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, and was a member of its Museum Committee as well.[2] Her donation "is not only the single most significant gift of textiles to the Museum but is also one of the broadest and best collections of these materials in the world."[1]
^ abDel Gais, Deborah. "Two Remarkable Women/Sisters"(PDF). rockarch.org. Rockefeller Archive Center Research Reports Online. Archived from the original(PDF) on June 17, 2013. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
