Collection Highlights
Architect's Sign
Date:
ca. 1837
Object Number:
1953.197
Medium:
Wood
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dominick Lynch (1754-1824)
Object Number:
1952.21
Date:
ca. 1815-1820
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 28 x 23 1/4 in. ( 71.1 x 59.1 cm )
Gallery Label:
Lynch was a wine merchant and one of the partners of the firm of Lynch and Stoughton which had its place of business near the Merchants Exchange. He was reputed to give "royal dinners" and to mingle with "the best society" (Scoville, "Old Merchants of New York," I, 1863, 171). He was living on Staten Island at the time of his death in 1844.
Credit Line:
Gift of Lewis Gouverneur Morris
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
