Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
Date:
ca. 1761
Object Number:
1954.179a-d
Medium:
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Henry Parish (1788-1856)
Object Number:
1953.314
Date:
ca. 1835-1840
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/2 x 25 3/8 in. ( 77.5 x 64.5 cm )
Gallery Label:
Parish was a prominent New York merchant and a director of the Phoenix Bank. In 1829 he married Susan Maria Delafield, the great-aunt of the donor of this portrait.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. F. de Lancey Robinson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
