Collection Highlights
Old Christmas : from the Sketch book of Washington Irving
Date:
1878
Object Number:
LIB.PS2069.C4
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
John Drake (ca. 1772-after 1842)
Object Number:
1947.265
Date:
1842
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 x 25 in. ( 76.2 x 63.5 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: on back: "John Drake / of New York / Aetatis 70 years / C.E. Weir / pinxt / July, 1842"
Gallery Label:
Drake was a prosperous New York merchant who in 1813, along with his brother Jacob, lent the government $10,000 to help finance the War of 1812. The cane that he holds, of which he was especially proud, was given to the Society along with the portrait.
Credit Line:
Gift of Nina Sturges Skidmore and Samuel Treadwell Skidmore, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
