Collection Highlights
Cake board
Date:
1825-1835
Object Number:
1937.1562
Medium:
Wood (possibly mahogany)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Robert Lenox (1759-1839)
Object Number:
1950.243
Date:
ca.1835
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 3 7/8 x 3 1/4 in. ( 9.8 x 8.3 cm )
Marks:
Signed: at right:"Aimee Thiibault"
Gallery Label:
The subject, the son of James and Elizabeth (Sproat) Lenox, was born in Kirkcudbright, Scotland, and came to America just prior to the Revolution. A prosperous merchant, he served as president of the New York Chamber of Commerce from 1826 to 1839. This miniature portrait of him was painted between 1834, when the artist arrived in New York from her native France, and 1839, the year of the subject's death.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mr. Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
