Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Brewster Maverick (1831-1898)
Object Number:
1957.91
Date:
ca. 1863
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 20 in. ( 61 x 50.8 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on stretcher: "Brewster Maverick, son of Samuel and Clara Reynolds / Maverick. Born Jan. 19, 1831at 85 Liberty St., New York City / Died Jan. 25, 1898 at 136 W. 34th St., New York City"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Samuel Maverick and Clara (Reynolds) Maverick. Like his father before him he became an engraver, but after 1856 he added lithography to his skills. In 1866 he entered into partnership with Louis Stephan, and in 1878 with J. G. Wissinger. The lithographic firm of Maverick and Wissinger survived into the first half of the twentieth century.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Grace E. Parkes
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
