Research and its Lovely Surprises
This is Beatrice Goelet, niece of Ogden and Mary Goelet, who owned Ochre Court in Newport. When I started my reserach for the Murder at Ochre Court, I didn't know about Beatrice. I went about developing my characters, and nowhere did I plan for a little girl to enter the story. But take another look at this portrait by the brilliant John Singer Sargent. How exquisite is she? Sargent has long been my favorite portrait artist for his unique insight into his subjects and his abi