31 at the time. Küssner did nothing to correct the error. Throughout her life, she claimed to be a full decade younger than her actual age. Küssner also encouraged those who described her as "girl artist" and took advantage of the publicity to promote herself and her work. Paintings of royalty Küssner traveled to Europe in March 1896 under the patronage of socialite Minnie Paget. Through Paget's social connections, Küssner received commissions to paint miniature portraits of British royalty and London society that included Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough. Küssner became well known for her miniature paintings of European royalty after returning to London in 1897 to paint miniature portraits of the Prince of Wales, who later became King Edward VII. In 1899, Küssner traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia, to paint miniature portraits of several members of the Russian royal family, including Czar Nicholas II and his wife, Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna at the Winter Palace. Küssner also painted miniature portraits of Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna, an aunt of Czar Nicholas II, and Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna, the daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. At the height of her career in the late 1880s, Küssner earned her as much as US$4,000 per portrait. Later years In 1899 Küssner traveled to southern Africa to obtain permission from Cecil Rhodes, a British diamond mining magnate, to paint his miniature portrait. She began the work at his summer home in Africa and completed the portrait after returning to New York City. Following her marriage in July 1900, she accepted only a few commissions for her portrait work, but did not give it up entirely. A New York Times article in 1901 claimed that Amalia Küssner Coudert was "meeting with great success" in London, but, for the most part, her career dwindled and eventually ended after her marriage. Küssner duPont Coudert's most notable work after 1900 included a return trip to Russia in 1902 to paint a second miniature portrait of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna. After returning to England, she painted a miniature portrait in 1903 of Alice Keppel, the mistress of the King Edward VII. In 1904, Küssner Coudert was involved in a lawsuit in London with Ada Watney regarding payment for a miniature portrait. Although Amalia and Charles duPont Coudert maintained a mansion in New York, which was a wedding gift from his mother, the couple spent most of their married