Collection Highlights
Ledger, 1678-1684
Date:
1678-1684
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Clopper.Ledger.1678
Medium:
Pen and ink on paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
George Albert Zabriskie (1868-1954)
Object Number:
1940.959
Date:
1940
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 47 1/2 x 37 1/2 in. ( 120.6 x 95.2 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: upper left: "W. S. Conrow 1940"
Gallery Label:
The subject was the son of John Albert and Martha Lyon (Knox) Zabriskie, and a descendent of Albert Zabriskie who came from Poland in 1662 to settle in New Amsterdam. He was associated with the Pillsbury Flour Mills Co. and served as a director of the Columbia Baking Co. He became a life member of The New-York Historical Society in 1920, was elected treasurer in 1929, and ten years later was chosen president, an office he held until 1947.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
