Collection Highlights
George Washington (1732-1799)
Date:
1835
Object Number:
1858.32
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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John Divine Jones (1814-1895)
Object Number:
1909.14
Date:
1892
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 60 x 52 in. ( 152.4 x 132.1 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "D. Huntington 1892"
Gallery Label:
The subject was associated with the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company for most of his career, and served the firm as president from 1855 to 1895.
Bibliography:
"The Academy of Design," The Sun, New York: March 27, 1893, p. 6.
"The National Academy Exhibition," Harper's Weekly, April ?, 1893, p. 300.
"Questions of Art," The World, April 9, 1893, p. 29.
"Monthly Review of American Art," The Magazine of Art, June, 1983, p, xxii.
Catalogue of American Portraits in The New-York Historical Society, New Haven: Yale University Press, Vol. 1, 1974, p. 408.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louisa F. J. Thorn, in the name of Mrs. John Divine Jones
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
