Collection Highlights
I Knew Him Horatio
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.010.1864.Horatio
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Levi Guernsey Curtiss (1803-1833)
Object Number:
1959.30
Date:
n.d.
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 42 x 34 in. ( 106.7 x 86.4 cm )
Marks:
Signature: upper left: "ALPHONSE JONGERS"
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait was the son of Levi Curtiss and Rachel (Talcott) Curtis of Granville, Mass. He was a merchant in New York City with commercial premises first on Cedar Street and later on Pine Street. His portrait is a replica of an early 19th-century original.
Credit Line:
Gift of the James Foundation
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
