Collection Highlights
Flags on 57th Street, Winter 1918
Date:
1918
Object Number:
1984.68
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
James Colin McEachen (1863-1921)
Object Number:
1934.16
Date:
1902
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 90 1/4 x 60 in. ( 229.2 x 152.4 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "F. Danton / 1902"
Gallery Label:
A native of Prince Edward Island, Canada, the subject came to New York at the age of sixteen, attended New York University Law School, and established his law practive in New York. He was long a member of the New York Caledonian Club and was its chief in 1890, 1893, and 1894. In this portrait he is dressed as a Scottish highlander, and stands in a landscape setting with a thistle prominently in the background.
Credit Line:
Gift of the New York Caledonian Club
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
