Collection Highlights
Portrait of two girls
Date:
Object Number:
PR.012.1.326.Box12
Medium:
Ambrotype
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Museum Collections
Edward Philip Livingston (1779-1843)
Object Number:
1960.83
Date:
ca. 1820-1825
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 36 x 27 3/8 in. ( 91.4 x 69.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on back: "Mrs. E. P. Livingston / Poughkeipsie [sic] / 1844"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of Philip and Sarah (Johnson) Livingston, and the grandson of Philip Livingston, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He was lieutenant governor of New York from 1830 to 1832.
Credit Line:
Gift of Goodhue Livingston, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
