Collection Highlights
Mrs. Charles Walsh (nee Blood) dressed for the Vanderbilt costume ball, March 26, 1883
Date:
March 26, 1883
Object Number:
PR.223.3.35.1
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Museum Collections
Paintings
Merchants of New York or the Merchants of America
Object Number:
1941.239
Date:
1857
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 108 x 192 in. ( 274.3 x 487.7 cm )
Description:
Gallery Label:
Rossiter was still painting portraits of the sitters to incorporate in the picture when William Wright, a leather manufacturer who had commissioned the paintings died. He never received the $1000 for the portraits, and they were later sold at auction
Credit Line:
Gift of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of the City of New York
Provenance:
Young Men's Christian Association of the City of New York
Willaim Niblo of Niblo's Garden, N.Y.C.
George A. Leavitt and Co., N.Y.C. (Feb. 5-8, 1873)
administratrix sale of Rossiter's paintings
artist
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
