Collection Highlights
Terms of Surrender
Date:
April 9, 1865
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Grant
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
William Sidney McCoun (1813-1873)
Object Number:
1957.114
Date:
1832
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions:
Overall: 24 x 19 5/8 in. ( 61 x 49.8 cm )
Marks:
label: on back: "Painted in the Summer of 1832 by Wm. Dunlap"
Gallery Label:
Sidney McCoun was the son of William Townsend McCoun and Emma (Jackson) McCoun. McCoun was an attorney and was associated for a time with his brothers in the firm of McCoun and West at 6 Broad Street, and later with McCoun and Clark at 53 Wall Street. As a young man he was a close friend of William Dunlap.
Credit Line:
Purchase, Abbott-Lenox Fund
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
