Collection Highlights
Kerchief
Date:
1776-1777
Object Number:
1952.63
Medium:
Linen
SUPPORT THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Help us present groundbreaking exhibitions and develop educational programs about our nation's history for more than 200,000 schoolchildren annually.
Museum Collections
Luce Center
Augustus Cornelius Van Horne (1765-1853)
Object Number:
1957.55
Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Ink on plaster
Dimensions:
frame: 9 1/4 x 8 1/2 x 1 in. ( 23.5 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm )
image height: 2 5/8 in. ( 6.7 cm )
Marks:
inscribed in pencil: on back of frame: "A. Van Horne"
Description:
Bust of male subject in right-facing profile; solid black image on white ground; gilded frame with incurving sides, applied shell and scroll decoration at corners, and oval window with cream colored mat.
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Cornelius C. and Elizabeth (Van Horne) Van Horne. His father was a well-known New York merchant.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Jr.
Provenance:
The Augustus Van Horne Stuyvesant, Jr. Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
