Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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De Witt Clinton (1709-1828)
Object Number:
1946.163
Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Gallery Label:
De Witt Clinton served four terms as governor of New York State (1817-22 and 1825-28). In addition, he was president of the American Academy of Art and third president of The New-York Historical Society (1817-19). George Catlin, who began his career as a miniaturist in Philadelphia around 1820, painted portraits in New York State before leaving on the first of his trips into the West where he painted Native American subjects that were to become the basis of his fame.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. G. Stanton Tiffany in memory of her husband, Colonel G. Stanton Tiffany
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
