Collection Highlights
At the Battle of Palo Alto
Date:
1846
Object Number:
PR.068.24
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Mrs. John Vaché Cox (1823-1899)
Object Number:
1935.64
Date:
1857
Medium:
Oil on cardboard
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. ( 31.8 x 26.7 cm )
Marks:
signature: at left: "P. Kohlbeck. Paent"
inscription: at right: "Meade Prothers[sic] Photograff. 1857"
Gallery Label:
Eliza Pilcher was the eldest daughter of Henry and Frances Pilcher of Canterbury, England. She married John Vaché Cox on December 10, 1844, at the Church of the Holy Evangelist, New York. Her portrait, a gift to the Society from her daughter, was painted from a photograph taken by Meade Brothers, of New York. Kohlbeck had recently arrived in the U.S. in 1857, which probably accounts for the misspelling in the inscription. He was active in New York from about 1857 to 1878.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
