Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Captain Benjamin G. Edmonds (1821-1895)
Object Number:
1948.1
Date:
1859
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 1/4 x 40 1/8 in. ( 127.6 x 101.9 cm )
frame: 57 x 47 in. ( 144.8 x 119.4 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "S J Guy"
inscription: on back: "Capt B. G. Edmonds / S. J. Guy Pinxt."
Gallery Label:
The subject is shown wearing the uniform of a captain in the 13th Regiment of the New York Militia, also known as the National Greys and Brooklyn Cadets, headquartered in Brooklyn. He was first commissioned a lieutenant by Governor Hamilton Fish in 1850 and recommissioned a captain three years later by Governor Horatio Seymour. His portrait, a gift to the Society from his son, was one of group of five portraits exhibited by the artist at the National Academy of Design in 1859.
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles G. Edmonds
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
