Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
Date:
1798
Object Number:
1937.587
Medium:
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Eldad Holmes (d. 1856)
Object Number:
1900.3
Date:
ca. 1830
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 33 1/2 x 26 in. ( 85.1 x 66 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject, a merchant in New York, was the first president of the Tradesmen's Bank of New York (1823-24) and its director from 1823 to 1850. He, along with John Pintard, Cadwallader D. Colden, William Bayard and some others, was appointed to the committee to organize the celebration in New York of the opening of the Erie Canal in 1825.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Tradesmen's Bank of New York
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
