Dorothy Randolph Byard (American 1885-1974) Portrait of a Lady (Possibly a Self Portrait) signed (lower right), oil on canvas (43cm x 35cm (17in x 13.75in)) Footnote: Dorothy Randolph Byard was an American poet, artist and writer. Born in Germantown, PA, America in 1885, she was a member of the Randolph family of Philadelphia who were instrumental in the establishment of Princeton University. Byard studied at the Academie Julien in Paris, and became a member of the Silvermine Group of Artists (1907-20) and the Silvermine Art Guild. She married John Kenneth Byard, a lawyer, banker and dealer in American antiques and together they owned over one hundred acres in the Silvermine part of Norwalk, CT.