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A Brief Description of NEW-YORK: Formerly Called New-Netherlands..
Date:
1670
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1670.Den
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
David Gelston (1744-1828)
Object Number:
1897.1
Date:
ca. 1810-1815
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 34 x 27 1/4 in. ( 86.4 x 69.2 cm )
Gallery Label:
Gelston was active as a legislator in New York State during the Revolution and the years that followed. In 1801 President Jefferson appointed him collector of customs for the Port of New York, a position he held for nineteen years. In this portrait he holds a book which bears the title "Collection Duties," in reference to the office he held when the portrait was painted.
Bibliography:
"New Home for the Historical Society," New-York Tribune, January 6, 1987, p. 7.
Catalogue of the Museum and Gallery of Art of The New-York Historical Society, New York, The New-York Historical Society, 1903, p. 86.
Catalogue of the Gallery of Art of The New-York Historical Society, New York, The New-York Historical Society, 1915, p. 36.
Kelby, William, Notes on American Artists 1754-1820: Copied from advertisements appearing in the newspapers of the day, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1922, p. 63.
Bolton, Theodore, and Groce, George C., Jr., "John Wesley Jarvis: An Account of His Life and the First Catalogue of His Work, Art Quarterly, Vol. 1, No. 4, Autumn 1938, pp. 299-321.
"Jarvis Centennial Exhibition List," New York; The New-York Historical Society, 1940, p. 1.
Dickson, H.E., "John Wesley Jarvis: Knickerbocker Painter, The New-York Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. 24, No. 2, April 1940, pp. 47-64.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society: Oil Portraits, Miniatures, Sculptures, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1941, pp. 110-1.
Dickson, Harold E., John Wesley Jarvis: American Painter, 1780-1840, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1949, pp. 332, 351, 427.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1974, pp. 290-1.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Henry R. Winthrop
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
