Gilded Age luminary

From Richard Morris Hunt’s sketchbook of a European trip, July to December 1874, (graphite and watercolor on paper), in the show “Richard Morris Hunt in a New Light,’’ at Newport Mansions.

The curator says:

“Hunt, the premier architect of the Gilded Age, is known for such imposing works as Marble House and The Breakers, in Newport, R.I. This exhibition will take a more intimate look at his life, creativity and ideas. For the first time, the exhibition will bring together Hunt’s personal sketchbooks, scrapbooks, architectural and interior drawings and family objects, drawn from the Library of Congress, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Vermont Historical Society, Bennington (Vt.) Museum, the Preservation Society of Newport County’s collections and more.