Collection Highlights
Declaration of Independence
Date:
1820-1823
Object Number:
PR.221.44
Medium:
Engraving
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Nicholas de Peyster (ca. 1824-1889)
Object Number:
1952.24
Date:
ca. 1885
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 27 x 22 1/8 in. ( 68.6 x 56.2 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait inherited a large fortune from the De Peyster family and added to it significantly through several successful business ventures in California, where he went in 1849.
Credit Line:
Gift of William Moore De Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
