Collection Highlights
Abraham Lincoln, the Martyr, Victorious
Date:
Object Number:
PR.052.48
Medium:
Paper
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Museum Collections
Paintings
John Vaché Cox (1818-1882)
Object Number:
1935.63
Date:
1857
Medium:
Oil on cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 26.7 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was the eldest son of Dr. John Palmer Cox and Emilie (Vaché) Cox, and a brother of Emilie Aglae Cox (Mrs. Thomas Soden Henry). As a young man he was employed by Prall and Ray, a wholesale drug firm in New York. He later became a drug broker and a mercantile broker. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his daughter. Kohlback, who later in his career turned to photographic portraiture, probably painted it with the assistance of photographs.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
