Socialite, photographer, and social influencer. Marian "Clover" Adams, nee Hooper, was born into a wealthy and intellectual family in Boston. At a young age, her father began to shape her thinking, teaching her philosophy, introducing her to ideas on differing viewpoints, as well as the importance of the salon schools of thought and the free exchange of ideas. The adult who emerged was, according to Henry James, was a "Voltaire in petticoats", accomplished in language arts, an excellent translator of the classics, and a moderator of differing ideals and contentious viewpoints. Clover married Henry Adams, grandson of former President John Quincy Adams. Ultimately, the two settled on Washington, D.C. where her social skills and intellect made her a popular hostess, as well as sought after guest. This allowed Clover to move within circles while influencing the powerful policy makers on matters of national and foreign policy, women's rights, and social outreach. While in Washington, Clover took up photography as an avocation, and she showed a keen eye to composition, the play of light, and subject. This was uncommon for a woman of the age as photography still relied on the lugging of equipment, and expose to the chemical processes of the era. She received accolades from those in the field for her talents. The Adams' bought lots on Lafayette Square, opposite the White House. Diplomat John Hay and his wife Flora Stone Hay, friends of the Adams owned the lots next door, and the couples engaged architect Henry Hobson Richardson to design their homes in a complementary fashion. Here, Clover hosted her Five of Hearts group, composed of herself, her husband, the Hays, and Clarence King, the first director of the United States Geological Survey. Between the five, they knew every president from Abraham Lincoln to Theodore Roosevelt, and befriended Henry James, Mark Twain, Edith Wharton, and a host of other illustrious figures on both sides of the Atlantic. Clover Adams suffered from bouts of depression, which worsened after the death of Clover's father, and culminating in her suicide. Instead of a usual grave marker, Henry Adams commission sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens to create a memorial based on contemplate iconic images from Buddhist devotional art. The result, informally called Grief (although Henry Adams loathed that name) is one of the revered pieces of cemetery art in the United States, and continues to draw visitors to Rock Creek Cemetery.