Collection Highlights
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date:
1924
Object Number:
1952.45
Medium:
Patinated plaster on a wooden base
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Luce Center
William Mitchell (1801-1886)
Object Number:
1966.34
Date:
1875
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 50 x 40 in. ( 127 x 101.6 cm )
Marks:
signature and date: lower left: "D. Huntington / 1875"
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in New York, graduated from Columbia College in 1820, and was admitted to the bar in 1823. He was elected a justice of the New York State Supreme Court in 1849 and its presiding justice in 1854. His portrait was a gift to the Society from his grandson.
Bibliography:
Koke, Richard J., American Landscape and Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society, Vol. 2, New York: The New-York Historical Society, 1982, pp. 544-5.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Cornelius von Erden Mitchell
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
