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Cecilia Beaux was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the youngest daughter of French silk manufacturer Jean Adolphe Beaux and teacher Cecilia Kent Leavitt, daughter of prominent businessman John Wheeler Leavitt of New York City and his wife Cecilia Kent of Suffield, Connecticut.
Cecilia " Leilie " Beaux and her sister Etta were subsequently raised by their maternal grandmother and aunts, primarily in Philadelphia.
Her father, unable to bear the grief of his loss, and feeling adrift in a foreign country, returned to his native France for 16 years, with only one visit back to Philadelphia.
" Her father did have a natural aptitude for drawing and the sisters were charmed by his whimsical sketches of animals.
Later, Beaux would discover that her French heritage would serve her well during her pilgrimage and training in France.
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