Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Paintings
James Punnett (1819-1870)
Object Number:
1944.76
Date:
ca. 1860
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Marks:
inscription: on back of canvas: "Restored in 1931 by / Eleanor Whittlesley Katz, New York"
Gallery Label:
The subject was successively cashier (1846), director (1855), and president (1858-70) of the Bank of America. In 1853 he helped to organize the New York Clearing House and was chairman of the Clearing House Committee from 1855 to 1859.
Credit Line:
Gift of Edward C. Delafield
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
