Collection Highlights
Illustrations of cholera asphyxia in its different stages. Selected from cases treated at the Cholera Hospital, Rivington Street
Date:
1832
Object Number:
LIB.Y1832.Bart.Cholera
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Jacob Lorillard (1774-1838)
Object Number:
1945.445
Date:
ca. 1820
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 24 3/8 in. ( 76.2 x 61.9 cm )
Gallery Label:
Born in New York, the subject was the son of Peter and Catherine (Moore) Lorillard. He built his fortune as a leather merchant and operated his own tannery in the area then known as the Swamp, where all the leather business in New York City was conducted. His portrait, which descended through the Lorillard and Cammann families, was a gift to the Society from his great-grandson.
Credit Line:
Gift of H. Schuyler Cammann
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
