Museum Collections
Telamon Cruger Cuyler (1873-1951)
Object Number:
1949.148
Date:
1922
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 48 5/8 x 33 3/4 in. ( 123.5 x 85.7 cm )
Gallery Label:
The subject of this portrait, the son of Estelle (Cuyler) Smith and Henry Hunter Smith, a wealthy cotton factor, was born in Rome, Georgia. He moved to New York with his wife, Grace Thompson Barton, in 1903, and received permission from the superior court of Fulton County, Georgia, to assume the surname of Cuyler in 1905. From 1908 until his death, he was a member of The New-York Historical Society.
Credit Line:
Gift of Telamon Cruger Cuyler
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.




