Collection Highlights
Declaration of sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society : adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833
Date:
Publication: 1848-1855
Object Number:
LIB.E449.A53.1848
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mrs. J. Phillip Schmand (1874-1968)
Object Number:
1943.280
Date:
ca. 1915
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 x 14 in. ( 43.2 x 35.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower left: "J. Phillip Schmand"
Gallery Label:
Wilhelmine Joan Steeg was the daughter of Francis Steeg and Emma A. (Scheidweiler) Steeg of New York. She married J. Phillip Schmand (1871-1942) on December 27, 1911. In 1943 Mrs. Schmand, who was an associate member of N-YHS from that year until her death, gave the Society a number of portraits by her husband who had died the year before; among these were five of herself. In this portrait she appears in the uniform and veil of a Red Cross volunteer.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Phillip Schmand
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
