Anna LaChapelle Clark, Huguette's mother.

Huguette Clark with her mother, Anna.

An early photo of a teenage Anna LaChapelle Clark, Huguette's mother. This appears to be the photo that was the basis for the caricature in the newspapers owned by W.A. Clark's political opponents.

A newspaper drawing of Anna LaChapelle Clark at the time her marriage to W.A. Clark was revealed.

An early portrait of Anna Clark, Huguette's mother, probably closer to her actual appearance at the time their wedding was announced in 1904.

The Butte Miner, a newspaper owned by W.A. Clark, announces in 1904 that he has been married for years to a woman 39 years his junior, Anna LaChapelle, and that they already have a 2-year-old child. That child is Andrée, older sister to Huguette.

Anna LaChapelle Clark, Huguette's mother.

Anna LaChapelle Clark, said to be in Rome, Italy, in 1905, a year after her marriage to W.A. Clark was revealed.

W.A. Clark greets citizens from his private rail car in 1905 in Las Vegas, which he founded as a watering stop for his railroad. The woman at right appears to be his new wife, Anna. They had one daughter then, Andrée, and Huguette would be born in Paris the following year.

Anna LaChapelle Clark, Huguette's mother, c. 1912.

Anna LaChapelle Clark, Huguette's mother, c. 1912.

W.A. and Anna in the Clark mansion.

W.A. and Anna in the Clark mansion.

Anna, passport application, c. 1922.

The first Clark Mansion, in Butte, Montana. The woman is said to be Anna Clark, Huguette's mother. Today the mansion is the Copper King Mansion Bed & Breakfast.

Anna and W.A. Clark in New York.

Anna and W.A. Clark in New York.

Anna and W.A. Clark, and their older daughter, Andrée, walk in the Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue in 1914. They are not accompanied by Huguette, who was 7.

Anna and W.A. Clark in France.

Anna and W.A. Clark, Huguette's parents.

Anna and W.A. Clark

A news photograph of W.A. and Anna in New York in the early 1920s. He died in 1925 at age 86.

Anna and W.A. Clark share a kiss.

A portrait of Anna, Huguette's mother, by Tadé Styka. This is from a black-and-white photo of the painting.

A painting of Anna Clark inside Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A painting of Anna Clark inside Bellosguardo, the Huguette Clark estate in Santa Barbara, California.

A snapshot in Huguette Clark's collection, presumably of her mother, Anna, with one of her harps from Paris.