Mariana Van Rensselaer

by George Dance Mariana Alley Griswold Van Rensselaer, née Mariana Alley Griswold  (Feb. 21, 1851 - Jan. 20, 1934 was an American poetryAmerican poet, prose writer, and art critic perhaps best known for her writing on architecture and landscaping.

Life
She was born Mariana Alley Griswold' in New York City. She was educated privately at home and in Europe.

In 1873 she married Schuyler Van Rensselaer in 1873, and the couple moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey., until 1884, when Schuyler died in 1884 and Mariana returned to live in New York City (where she died in 1934).

Her first published writing was a poem printed in Harper's Magazine. However, her first and only collection, Poems, was printed only in 1910.

Poetry

 * Poems. New York: Macmillan, 1910.