Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Museum Collections
The Reverend Robert Bolton (1788-1857)
Object Number:
1942.349
Date:
1818
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 3/4 x 41 1/4 in. ( 128.9 x 104.8 cm )
Marks:
label: on back: "Miss Adele Bolton"
Gallery Label:
Robert Bolton was the eldest son of Robert Bolton and Sarah (McClean) Jackson Bolton of Savannah, Georgia. He went to England in 1807 and married there; in 1836 he left England and brought his wife and fourteen children to New York.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Reginald Pelham Bolton
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
