Collection Highlights
Plan of the Central Park, New York : Entry No. 4 in the competition
Date:
March 20, 1858
Object Number:
PR.003.234
Medium:
Ink and colored washes
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Museum Collections
Drawings
James Hazen Hyde (1876-1959)
Object Number:
1956.182
Date:
1900
Medium:
Graphite on paper laid on heavy board
Dimensions:
diameter: 5 5/8 in. ( 14.3 cm )
frame: 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 3/4 in. ( 24.1 x 24.1 x 1.9 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at lower right: "To Mrs. H. B. Hyde/Souvenir from/Chartran/1900"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed at lower right inside image in graphite: "To Mrs. H. B. Hyde / Souvenir from / Chartran / 1900."
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in New York, the son of Henry Baldwin Hyde and Annie (Fitch) Hyde, and succeeded his father as president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society after serving as vice-president from 1899 to 1905. He was a founder of the Alliance Française in America, received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor from the French government, and was a member of the Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques. He was also a member of The New-York Historical Society.
Credit Line:
Gift of James Hazen Hyde
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
